Haunted Heats Halloween Surf Contest 2011 - Images by Fabian Lewkowicz

Surfers compete in ZJ Boarding House’s 3rd Annual Haunted Heats Halloween Surf Contest at Santa Monica beach on Saturday, October 29, 2011.

Guests look at vintage surfboards at the California Heritage Museumr during the "ShortBoard Revolution: Surf Design 1967-1984" Exhibition Preview and Reception on Thursday, August 18, 2011. 

Curated by original Z-Boy and celebrated Malibu surfer Nathan Pratt, the exhibition traces the evolution of the surfboard from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s. This exhibit showcases the intricate and original work of shapers, designers, artists and riders that created the phenomenon known as "the shortboard". Nearly 70 rare and antique boards by surfing legends and visionaries illustrate the timeline and development of the shortboard. The Heritage Museum will also present a 1980s-style "Shaping Room." The room will contain numerous blank surfboards, which will be worked on by several well known shapers through the course of the exhibition. An additional history gallery will host covers of Surfer Magazine, each image representing one year of the 1967-1984 exhibition.

Kapowui  Surf Instructor Martin Squires packs up his boards at Santa Monica Beach on Thursday, May 26, 2011.

A man kite surfs at Santa Monica Beach on Wednesday, February 16, 2011.



Surfers compete during Zj Boarding House's second annual Haunted Heats Costume Surf Contest at Santa Monica Beach on Saturday, October 30, 2010.

(1) Surf Icon Rob Machado catches a waive at Santa Monica Beach during Project Save Our Surf's (Project SOS) Inaugural Surf-a-thon on Sunday, April 5, 2009. All Proceeds from the Surf-a-thon benefits OCEANA,a non-profitinternational ocean conservation group. (2) Raymond Koehler, 40, competitive tandem surfer, carries Tammy Mowery, 36, during the Surf-a-thon. (3) Surf legend Peter "PT" Townendsurfs duringthe celebrity surfing exhibition. (4) Judges score the surfers during the Surf-a-thon. (5) Celebrity surfers pose for a portrait before giving a surfing exhibition at Santa Monica Beach during the Inaugural fundraise.

OCEANA, is a non-profit organization that campaigns globally to protect and restore the world's oceans. Oceana seeks to make our oceans as rich, healthy and abundant as they were in the past. They look to a future in which dolphin sightings are common along any temperate coast; swordfish, marlin and tuna are abundant once again; whales and sea turtles thrive; cod are plentiful on both sides of the Atlantic; local fishing cultures evolve rather then decline and in which fish are a safe, growing and plentiful source of food around the world.