The East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame is pleased to announce that the voting has been completed and tallied, and the Class of 2026 can now be revealed.
The Class of 2026 will be inducted at a special 30th Anniversary celebration to take place during the January 2026 Surf Expo Trade Show in Orlando, Florida. Inductees will include:
Surfers: Todd Morcom, Florida; Dr. Lisa Carulli, Florida; Scott Duerr, New Jersey; Bryan Hewitson, Florida
Industry: Tony Giordano, New Jersey
Media: Matt Pruett, North Carolina
Culture: William “Bill” Finnegan, New York
Legends: Jay Reale, Maryland; Bernie Crouch, Florida
Pioneers: Richard Price, Florida; Carl “Tinker” West, New Jersey
Additionally, the Cecil Lear President’s Award will be given to New York’s Mike Angiulo for his decades of dedication to Surfing and exhibiting extraordinary leadership throughout his career as legal counsel to the Eastern Surfing Association and Executive Director of the United States Surfing Federation.
“There’s no better event to launch the Hall of Fame’s 30th Anniversary Year than with an Induction Ceremony for these well deserving surfers, who represent exactly what the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame is all about – honoring forever those individuals who have made significant contributions to East Coast Surfing,” said Hall of Fame President Gary Germain. “Since 1996 when Cecil Lear held the Hall’s first induction ceremony, fulfilling the dream that Greg “Da Bull” Noll shared with Cecil the year before, the Hall of Fame has inducted 188 surfers into the institution. It will be an honor to present these 12 surfers with their awards in January.”
For more information, visit www.eastcoastsurfinghalloffame.org.
About the ECSHOF
The East Coast Surfing Hallof Fame is dedicated to the preservation of the history and heritage of East Coast Surfing by enshrining forever the people who have been responsible for surfing’s development and growth on the US East Coast. The ECSHOF was founded in 1996 by one of surfing’s truly great watermen, Greg Noll, along with East Coast legend, Cecil Lear. Every two years, the ECSHOFconducts a public candidate submission process, followed by a thorough nomination and selection process to determine the next ECSHOF Inductees.
