Hotdogger Surf Contest reunites Old School surfers at Hermosa Pier
Brian Bent on his 12-foot, 80 pound Kook Box. Photo and Kevin Cody In 1961, 13-year-old David Nuuhiwa, arrived in Hermosa Beach from his native Hawaii to stay with Big surfboard shaper and fellow Hawaiian Donald Takayama, a future Hermosa Surfer Walk of Fame inductee. In 1968, Nuuhiwa won the US Surfing Championships at Huntington Beach and became recognized as the finest surfer of the 1960s, according to Matt Warshaw Encyclopedia of Surfing. The Bing Nuuhiwa Noserider, designed by Takayama, became the best selling board of the era. On Sunday, Sept. 30, Nuuhiwa, was reunited with fellow ‘60s era surf stars and Hermosa Surfer Walk of Fame inductees Mike Purpus and John Joseph at the Hermosa Beach pier for the Hermosa Beach Hotdogger Championship. The third annual, old school longboard contest, founded by Ed Solt and sponsored by Subaru Pacific attracted longboarders from up and down the coast, as well as Puerto Rico and Australia. Nuuhiwa was the celebrity judge. Joseph also judged, as did John Grannis, son of legendary Hermosa Beach surf photographer Leroy Grannis. Purpus competed in the Legend’s division and placed third. During the post contest party at Naja’s on the Redondo…
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