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My bit of the California Coast. This is really dated, though; the person who sent it to me said it was originally done in 1980, and there is no funding to update it. The photo of the pier in Huntington Beach is the old pier that was heavily damaged in the El Niño storms of 1983, repaired and a new two story restaurant built at the end of it, and then damaged again in 1988, so badly that it was torn down and completely rebuilt. And the bust of Duke Kanhanamoku is no longer outdoors at the foot of the pier, but up the street a few blocks at the International Surfing Museum. There's now a sculpture of him as a young man across the street (in front of a surfboard shop). The sculpture of the nude surfer was originally meant to go in front of City Hall, but apparently some prudish residents objected to the fact that he wasn't wearing any trunks. So, he was installed down by the beach - which for some reason is more appropriate. (!)

http://www.spd.usace.army.mil/explore/Explore12.pdf


This is part of a series of the entire California coast.

http://www.spd.usace.army.mil/explore/

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My bit of the California Coast. This is really dated, though; the person who sent it to me said it was originally done in 1980, and there is no funding to update it. The photo of the pier in Huntington Beach is the old pier that was heavily damaged in the El Niño storms of 1983, repaired and a new two story restaurant built at the end of it, and then damaged again in 1988, so badly that it was torn down and completely rebuilt. And the bust of Duke Kanhanamoku is no longer outdoors at the foot of the pier, but up the street a few blocks at the International Surfing Museum. There's now a sculpture of him as a young man across the street (in front of a surfboard shop). The sculpture of the nude surfer was originally meant to go in front of City Hall, but apparently some prudish residents objected to the fact that he wasn't wearing any trunks. So, he was installed down by the beach - which for some reason is more appropriate. (!)

http://www.spd.usace.army.mil/explore/Explore12.pdf


This is part of a series of the entire California coast.

http://www.spd.usace.army.mil/explore/