On Saturday, August 22nd SHACC made surfing history at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History (NMAH) by making a very significant donation.
During this monumental event for the global surf community, SHACC and its private donors, Fernando Aguerre, Glenn Brumage, Robert Brunner, Spencer and Susan Croul, Keith and Chris Eshelman, Karl Kogler, Sharon and Mike Marshall, and R. Paul Allen, presented the NMAH with a timeline of five surfboards that represent the early evolution of the surfboard. Additional donated items included an original 16mm print of The Endless Summer, and a collection other artifacts related to the film.
The public donation ceremony was highlighted by a panel discussion themed “Wave of Innovation — The Endless Summer,” which focused on the innovations and inventions the sport and lifestyle of surfing have brought to American culture.
The donation ceremony at the Smithsonian was preceded by the first-ever SHACC National Luau, held Friday evening at the Reagan Building & International Trade Center in Washington DC. During the Luau, which was attended by a long list of surfing legends, SHACC presented Cecil Lear, co-founder of the Eastern Surfing Association, with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Â
Thank you to everyone who turned out for this momentous occasion, to our volunteers (some of whom flew across the country to help out), to the DC Chapter of Surfrider, to the event committee (who worked their buns off to make this happen), Glenn Brumage (committee chair and champion of the cause), Mara D’Auria, Dale DiPietro, Mike Duncan, Keith Eshelman, Henry Ford, Jeff Gibson, Barry Haun, Cecil Lear, Sharon Marshall, Linda Michael, Mark Neustadter, Patti Paniccia, Cindy Rincon, Paul Strauch, Laura Thornhill-Caswell, Peter Townend, and Duncan Wilson. Also, a special Thank You to Jeff Gerald for receiving and storing all the auction items sent back east. And lastly to Laurie and Adam Brumage for sacrificing Glenn to us and for all their above and beyond help!
Check out event photos HERE.
