Surfing San Onofre to Point Dume, 1936-1942

Written by: Don James
Chronicle Books, 1998 – Sports & Recreation – 144 pages

Imagine surfing a perfect blue wave on a 90-pound redwood longboard, off a deserted beach of sparkling white sand. Surfing San Onofre to Point Dume takes us back to the halcyon days of pre-war California, when the earliest American surfers were busy inventing beach culture. Meet these tussle-haired free spirits who camped on the deserted beaches of Southern California, had lobster bakes and luaus with local Hollywood girls, and surfed at a time when nobody knew what surfing was. The beautiful and nostalgic photographs that surfer Don James took of himself and his friends capture the lost Eden of the California surf dream in all its glory and innocence.

This book is now available for review on Google. Read it and buy yourself a copy for your own San Onofre collection.

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Camp Pendleton Beach at Center of Fight over Nudism

Camp Pendleton beach at center of fight over nudism

Los Angeles Times
By: TONY PERRY

Nudists in California were left without a clothing-optional beach after their primary spot, San Onofre’s Trail 6, banned public nudity, but they aren’t winning over supporters at their new site, either — the Marine Corps’ Camp Pendleton. READ WHOLE STORY

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San Onofre Generator to be Driven to Utah

 Giant San Onofre generator to be driven to Utah

ABC7.com
By: EILEEN FRERE

SAN ONOFRE STATE BEACH, Calif. (KABC) — Crews are preparing to build a 400-foot-long trailer to carry a giant section of a steam generator once used inside the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station to produce electricity. Four generators have now been READ WHOLE STORY

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