APPENDIX A

List for the images in the Wardy Surfboards essay

      All boards are foam unless balsa is indicated. Collections are indicated by the name of the collector or by a number.

1.   Wardy Surfboards shop, Laguna Beach

2.   Wardy and his crew from a photo shoot at Irvine Cove, north of Main Beach, Laguna Beach, in 1962, photograph by Ron Stoner 

3.   close view of 2

4. close view of 2

5. the same photo shoot as above

6.   Surfer (May–June 1962), vol. 3, no. 2, p. 12, “The Emblem and the Craftsmen,” photograph by Ron Stoner (incorrectly attributed to John Severson)

7.   SI Surfing Illustrated (Winter 1963), vol. 1, no. 1. This is also from the 1962 photo shoot by Stoner, only now with a decorative green and yellow Wardy board added

8.   balsa, Collection of Surfing Heritage and Culture Center, San Clemente, CA

9.   back of 8

10.  at the Huntington International Surfing Museum, “Surf2Skate” exhibition, 2018

11. balsa, priv. coll. (1)

12. close view of 11

13. balsa, 10', priv. coll. (2)

14. back of 13

15. balsa, 7'7″, Collection of Jim Cocores

16. 9'4″, priv. coll. (2)

17. 9'6″, priv. coll. (2)

18. 9'6″, priv. coll. (2)

19. 10'4″, priv. coll. (2)

20. 9'6″, priv. coll. (2)

21. 10'8″, priv. coll. (2)

22. detail of 19

23. detail of 21

24. boards on a rack, priv. coll. (1)

25. boards on a rack, priv. coll. (1)

26. boards on a rack, priv. coll. (1)

27. tail block of Fig. 21

28. tail block of Fig. 20

29. tail block of Fig. 45

30. fin of Fig. 10

31. fin

32. fin

33. fin

34. fin

35. fin

36. fin

37. fin

38. fin

39. fin

40. fin

41. view of fins on a rack, priv. coll. (1)

42. view of fins on a rack, priv. coll. (1)

43. 10'3½″, priv. coll. (2)

44. 9'2″, priv. coll. (2)

45. Collection of Jim Cocores

46. 9'7″, priv. coll. (2)

47. 9'7″, priv. coll. (2)

48. Collection of Jim Cocores

49. 9'5″, priv. coll. (2)

50. 9'6″, Collection of Jim Cocores

51. priv. coll. (1)

52. closer view of 51

53. back view of 51, July 1965 at Main Beach, Laguna Beach, CA

54. another board at the July 1965 photo shoot

55. priv. coll. (1)

56. closer view of 55

57. 9'4″, priv. coll. (2)

58. view of the tail of 57

59. belly board, Collection of Jim Cocores

60. bottom of 59

61. belly board, with aged wax, Collection of Ryan Frisby

62. bottom of 61

63. Surfer (Nov. 1965), vol. 6, no. 5, p. 20, “Wardy Surfboards”

64. a detail of 63

65. Wardy skateboard, Philippine mahogany

66. detail of 65

67. the Huntington International Surfing Museum, “Surf2Skate” exhibition, 2018.

68. an order form for a Wardy board

69. Wardy with Randy Rarick, Long Beach, CA, 2022

70. Wardy with Jim Cocores, his son, Nick Cocores, and Wardy’s son-in-law, Graeme Brown, in Long Beach, CA, 2022

71. with a blue and white board (also Fig. 43 earlier in this essay) and a balsa board (Fig. 15 in this essay), Collection of Jim Cocores

72. Wardy board (Fig. 46), leaning on Jim Cocores’s 1950 Ford “Woodi” station wagon, both Collection of Jim Cocores

73. Ron Sizemore in competition at the West Coast Surfing Championship, Huntington Beach Pier, 1961, Collection of Ron Sizemore

74. Wardy diving from one of his longboards, probably Sunset Beach on the North Shore of Oahu, ca. 1965, photographer unknown, Collection of Frederick Wardy

75. Wardy probably at Poche Beach, Dana Point, CA

76. Wardy Surfboard shop in Laguna Beach, CA, watercolor by Lisa Krasprzycki, 25½″ x 35½″, Collection of Ron Sizemore

77. the location of the former Wardy Surfboards shop, photographed in 2023

78. Wardy in his shop in Laguna Beach

79. Wardy at a rack of Wardy boards in his Laguna Beach shop, photograph by LeRoy Grannis, 1963

80. photograph of Wardy from “Personalities,” Surfer, vol. 5, no. 1, (Feb–March 1964), p. 64

81. detail picturing Wardy at work in his shop in Laguna Beach, Surfer (July 1965), vol. 6, no. 3, p. 11, from “The Great Assemblage of Power”

82. Bob Machado, at work at Wardy Surfboards, image from the ad “The Great Assemblage of Power,” Surfer (July 1965), vol. 6, no. 3, p. 11

83. Surfer (Dec.1962–Jan. 1963), vol. 3, no. 5, p. 6, “Wardy Surfboards”

84. Surfer (Nov. 1964), vol. 5, no. 5, p. 8, “we’re small in a big way”

85. Wardy Surfboards shop, by David Christakes, Collection of David Christakes

86. Wardy Surfboards shop, by David Christakes, on card stock, 3⅞″ x 5⅛″, Collection of Frederick Wardy

87. Wardy Surfboards shop, by David Christakes, offset print (no. 7 of a planned 400), 11″ x 17″, Collection of Frederick Wardy

88. Christmas card, watercolor by David Christakes, Collection David Christakes.

89. Wardy Surfboards shop, 1610 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, from a newspaper on Oahu, ca. 1965

90. Central’s Surfin’ Catalog cover, mailing date of Oct. 1966, from Jamaica, NY

91. inside cover of Fig. 90 with information on ordering a Wardy board

92. poster type used by Wardy Surfboards for several locations, including Copiague, Long Island

93. another Wardy Surfboards poster type, here with the locations of Laguna Beach and Pasadena

94. an early business card, probably 1959

95. definitive business card, probably designed by John Severson in 1960

96. early diamond-shaped logo from a Wardy board

97. definitive logo on a Wardy surfboard, from Fig. 19

98. unique logo, related to the poster type of Fig. 91, Courtesy of Erwin Spitz

99. patch with the Wardy logo, 3″ diameter

100. patch with the Wardy logo, 3″ diameter

101. back view of a Wardy t-shirt, from the Wardy Surfboards years, Collection of Frederick Wardy

102. back view of a Wardy t-shirt, with “HAWAII” included, from the Wardy Surfboards years, Collection of Frederick Wardy

103. SoCal Surfing News (Feb. 1963), vol. 1, no. 2, p. 9

104. Surfer (Oct.–Nov. 1963), vol. 4, no. 5, inside back cover, Wardy logo within a Clark Foam ad, “But What Do You Know About Surfboards?”

105. front cover of the Wardy Surfboards price list

106. inside view of the Wardy Surfboards price list

107. Surfer (Jan. 1960), no. 1, p. 22, Wardy business card

108. Reef (Aug. 1960), vol. 1, no. 1, p. 21, “WARDY SURFBOARDS”

109. Surfer (Fall 1961), vol. 2, no. 1, inside front cover, “Discriminating People Use Wardy Surfboards”

110. Surfer (Spring 1962), vol. 3, no. 1, p. 15, “On Quality Boards….”

111. SI Surfing Illustrated (Spring 1963), vol. 1, no. 2, inside back cover, “Confidence . . .”

112. Surfer (Aug.–Sept. 1963), vol. 4, no. 4, p. 7, “Confidence”

113. SI Surfing Illustrated (Fall 1963), vol. 1, no. 4, inside back cover

114. Surfer (Dec. 1963˗Jan. 1964), vol. 4, no. 6, p. 12, “A Few Words on Surfboards . . .”

115. Surfer (Feb.–March 1964), vol. 5, no.1, p. 46, untitled, based on a photograph of Wardy

116. Surfer (April–May 1964), vol. 5, no. 2, p. 24, “Don’t let the bull throw you!”

117. Surfer (July 1964), vol. 5, no. 3, p. 15, “Nothing will ever come between me and my old Wardy board.” Plus “Wardy Surfboards” with an announcement of the San Francisco location

118. Surfer (Sept. 1964), vol. 5, no. 4, p. 57, “WARDY” printed in sand. The boy is Dana Brown.

119. SI Surfing Illustrated (Winter 1964), vol. 2, no. 1, inside back cover, “i wish Wardy would come and get this ridiculous turtle of his ……. Because i haven’t slept since he left him here.”

120. Surfer (Dec. 1964–Jan. 1965), vol. 5, no. 6, p. 13, “SANTA’S ON THE STICK”

121. Surfer (May 1965), vol. 6, no. 2, p. 80, “Wardy Surfboards,” related to number 115 on this list

122. Surfer (July 1965), vol. 6, no. 3, p. 11, “The Great Assemblage of Power”

123. Surfer (July 1966), vol. 7, no. 3, p. 82, Del Cannon pictured in “Wardy Beachbreak Board for Small Waves”

124. Surfer (Sept. 1966), vol. 7, no. 4, p. 76, Del Cannon pictured in “Wardy Beachbreak Board for Small Waves”

125. Surfer (July 1964), vol. 5, no. 3, p. 3, “Surf Bill”

126. Surfer (July 1964), vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 38–39, “The Lure of the Sea” by Frederick Wardy

127. Surfer (July 1964), vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 40–41, “The Lure of the Sea,” cont.

128. Surfer (March 1965), vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 34–35, spread that includes a photograph by Leroy Grannis, which introduces “Surfing Is” by Fred Wardy

129. Grannis’s photograph with printing

130. “Surfing Is” by Fred Wardy, pp. 36–37

131. “Surfing Is” poster, published by Surfer, 22″ x 17″, Collection of Frederick Wardy

132. photograph of Wardy on the day he was inducted into the International Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame, 2014; other identities to follow

133. 9’7”, Collection of Lance Conragan

134. bottom of 132

135. fin of 130 with the upside-down cover of The Surfer’s Journal (June/July 2023), containing an essay on Wardy’s art and surfboards by Lance Conragan; photograph 132 by him

136. Mike Essner visiting Wardy in Long Beach, CA, 2021

137. photograph by Larry Howlett of a photograph of Wardy, taken when visiting Bob Spencer 2022

138. surfer holding a Wardy board, at Malibu, ca. 1965, photograph or postcard by Jonathan Blair

139. Joey Hamasaki with a Wardy board, at the World Surfing Championship, Ocean Beach, San Diego, Oct. 1966, Courtesy of Grant Ellis

140. Joey Hamasaki’s signature laminant on a Wardy Board endorsed by her, priv. coll. (1)

141. Ron Sizemore on a Wardy board during a non-competitive time at the 1961 World Surfing Championship, Huntington Beach, CA, from a film by Bud Browne, Courtesy of Ron Sizemore

142. Sizemore, on the same as above and at a non-competitive time, “just flaunting the pilings,” Courtesy of Ron Sizemore

143. Ron Sizemore on a Wardy board at a competition in 1964 Oceanside South Jetty in San Diego County, Courtesy of Ron Sizemore

144. Ron Sizemore with his 10' Wardy board strapped to his Lambretta scooter at Newport Beach, 1964, published in The Daily Pilot, out of Costa Mesa, Courtesy of Ron Sizemore

145. Ron Sizemore on his last Wardy board at an area of beach known as Oak Street, Laguna Beach, Dec. 1, 1979, photograph by Spyder Wills

146. Ron Sizemore starting out from Laguna Beach on a camping trip to Malibu in 1960.

147. cover of Doheny Crazed: Barefoot Adventures in the Golden Age of Surfing (2023) by Chuck Bassett, third from left, and next to him his friend Jeff McVicar with his Wardy balsa board

148. Rappaport, on the left, with his cousin, Gary Goodman, both nineteen years old, as they stand in front of resin drums they had picked up by truck from surfboard shops, among others.

149. Larry Howlett, at Newport Beach with his 9' Wardy board, 1963, Courtesy of Larry Howlett

150. Larry Howlett’s 14″ replica of his first surfboard, a Wardy board, Courtesy of Larry Howlett

151. the other side of Howlett’s replica

152. Carl Abejon with his 9'6″ Wardy board at Surfrider Beach (Malibu Lagoon State Beach), 1962, Courtesy of Carl Abejon

153. Carl Abejon, on another of his Wardy boards, 9'6″, County Line Beach, Ventura County, 1963, Courtesy of Carl Abejon

154. Carl Abejon, Leo Carillo State Park (a.k.a., Secos), Malibu, on a 9'6″ Joey Hamasaki model, 1967, Courtesy of Carl Abejon

155. Mike Armstrong with his Wardy “gun,” on Oahu, ca. 2003, Courtesy of Randy Rarick.

156. Bill Longenecker and his Wardy board, Collection of Bill Longenecker

157. another view of Bill Longenecker’s board

158. view of Rev. David Tamoaka’s 10' Wardy board

159. same as 158

160. Rev. David Tamoaka on his 10' Wardy board, White Plains Beach, west side of Oahu, from a video by Esther Tombo, 2021

161. Don Granada’s board in Southern California, after restoration by Randy Rarick on Oahu, 2022

162. Granada and Wardy with Granada’s newly received board, Long Beach, CA, 2022

163. Wardy about to sign Granada’s board the same day

164. Fin made by Randy Rarick for Fig. 160.

165. Wardy signing a board for Ken Hall, Southern California, 2022, Collection of Ken Hall

166. view of Hall’s board

167. closer view of Hall’s board

168. Wardy board, 10'6″, Collection of Dr. Barton H. Wachs

169. same as 168

170. bottom of 169

171. Wardy board in an office area of McKenna Subaru, Huntington Beach, CA, priv. coll.

172. Wardy board, hand-shaped by Wardy at Hobie’s factory in San Juan Capistrano in 1997, showroom of McKenna Subaru, 2023

173. closer view of 172

174. fin of 172

175. a Wardy board to the left of the entrance to a surfboard installation sponsored by the Surfing Heritage and Culture Center at the Hobie Surf shop, Corona del Mar, 2017, Collection of Mark Christy

176. a view of another Wardy board (collection unknown) on a rack in the installation seen in 174

177. same board as in 175, here in the current Hobie Surf Shop in Laguna Beach, 2023

178. Ron Sizemore and Wardy in the Laguna Beach Marine and Safety building, 175 North Pacific Coast Highway, with a 10'6” Wardy board from 1963 on the wall

179. view of the west side of Cook’s Point, Dana Point, CA, including the location of the small house where Wardy lived, photograph by Andrea Swayne, published by the Dana Point Times (Jan. 16, 2015), Courtesy of the Dana Point Times

180. Cook’s Point from a turnaround overlooking part of Dana Point Harbor

181. Dana Point Harbor, photograph by Don Ramey Logan Jr.