Kawahara, Tak
Surfboard shaper and entrepreneur from Santa Monica, California; often described as the Father of Japanese Surfing. Kawahara was born (1940) in Los Angeles, the son of an American-born gardener, raised in Santa Monica, and began surfing at age 17. He attended University High School in West Los Angeles, where his classmates included future celebrities James Brolin and Nancy Sinatra, as well as surf...
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Tak Kawahara, Malibu Surfboards factory, Japan, 1968Subscribe to view
Tak Kawahara, early 1960sSubscribe to view
Tak Kawahara (white shirt), Japan, mid-'60sSubscribe to view
Malibu, Japan; discovered in 1963 by Tak KawaharaSubscribe to view
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Tak Kawahara and Dewey Weber, 1970sSubscribe to view
Tak Kawahara, Malibu Surfboards factory, Japan, 1968
Tak Kawahara, early 1960s
Tak Kawahara (white shirt), Japan, mid-'60s
Malibu, Japan; discovered in 1963 by Tak Kawahara
Tak Kawahara
Tak Kawahara and Dewey Weber, 1970s