Hermosa Museum hosts Velzy plaque unveiling

by Kevin CodyA gathering of Dale Velzy admirers and contemporaries, including surfboard builder Bing Copeland, 87, gathered at the Hermosa Beach Historical Museum on Sunday, August 27, for the unveiling of a bronze plaque commemorating the Velzy’s Manhattan Beach surf shop. Velzy began shaping surfboards in the late 1940s, under the Manhattan Beach pier before being ordered off the beach by the city.The plaque is to be installed in front of the Strand House restaurant, at the bottom of