After 90 years of circling the sun, iconic board builder and big-wave pioneer Pat Curren died on Sunday, Jan. 22, with his family by his side. I'm undecided there was a extra mystique-drenched surfer on this planet. It was 1955 by the time Curren made his first visit to Hawaii, and it would change the trajectory of his life. Brazillian surfer, Marcio Freire died doing what he loved. Pat Curren (far left) was the archetypal surf pioneer of the 1950s: a dedicated big-wave explorer, an expert board builder all mixed with a bit of good, old-fashioned pirate. Jenkins, 1995, p. 77. Mickey Muoz quoted. You can help raise funds to get a more permanent roof over their heads, room for them to breathe and get some much needed rest, health care, food, and space for Pat to work, wrote Schmidt. But when Curren finally arrived and we met him at the airport, I was disappointed. Theres less than one week to sign-up for The Surfival League. Every so often, hed reappear long enough to shape a board for a collector or just to remind the world that he was still alive. Father of three-time world champ Tom Curren, Pats star burned brightest in the late 1950s and early 60s before he became more reclusive, largely shying away from a much-deserved spotlight. Jeanine Curren Bloom quoted. New terror emerges on Australia's surf-rich beaches as posh European-style cabanas implicated in potential deaths! Just tore the insides out of it. Pat was considered the top big wave rider of the first crop of big wave riders. Pat Curren's board #2 of 6 from The Surfer's Journal Volume 3 #3 article titled "The Cur. What are the odds that Pat Curren's passing happened on the same day the Eddie went? While avoiding the uncomfortable realities standing before us in plain sight, a family slowly drowns in poverty, just down the street from multimillion dollar, beachfront homes and organic supermarkets. Pat Currenlegendary shaper, big-wave trailblazer, and father to 3x World Champ Tom Currenpassed away on Sunday at the age of 90. Pezman, Steve. He lined up everybody for a meeting and the plan unfolded. A post shared by Better Than Fantasy! Jenkins, 1995, p. 78. Heres What You Need, Six Exercises to Improve Your Surfing Today. Everyone in California knew there was something different about the La Jolla guys: Curren, The most rebellious group of people I ever met, attested, . As Ive grown to better understand the depth of Pats indomitable spirit and determination to continue building boards, regardless of age, multiple near death experiences over the past year, a pandemic, lack of proper space and materials and finances, the effect has been both inspiring and difficult to accept. Jenkins, 1995, p. 80. Anyway, Pat got some cash and for this he was eternally grateful. His son is 3-times ASP World Surf Champion Tom Curren & Joe Curren is also a notable surfer. Still Have His Pics from, Surfer Magazine. Open Thread: Comment Live on the Eddie Aikau Invitational as world's most prestigious surf contest runs for first time in nearly a decade! 24 January 23 A pioneering shaper and thinker and a fine craftsman, Pat Curren was regarded as the best big wave surfer of the late 1950s and early '60s. reveres the Mamba Mindset. , stop, and look at the wave breaking off the point. That era of men were built different. surf Waimea Bay for the first time. Pat went in there like always, checked it out, didnt say anything. then at 18, he moved to La Jolla and started surfing. Curren developed that template through years of big-wave riding, countless wipeouts, who knows how many scars and bruises, endless hours at a drafting table, plus an enormous amount of natural talent., A lot of people dont realize that Pat and Diffenderfer, He didnt want to be, though, Peter Cole, Pat Curren became legendary on the North Shore, From the way people talked about Pat Curren, wrote Mike Doyle, , I imagined him to be the greatest surfer in the world, a magnificent physical specimen, with an electrifying personality. A collection of technical articles and blogs published or curated by Google Cloud Developer Advocates. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! With Jeff Clark, Pat Curren, Darrick Doerner, Sarah Gerhardt. Big wave trailblazer, Pat Curren died at the age of 90. His departure on the 22nd of January 2023, has added to a streak of disappointing losses within the field. Nearly mute Surfboard design pioneer and daddy of three-time world champ, Pat Curren, dead at ninety, I have a thing for beautiful damaged surfers and the Currens to me have always felt like a two-for-one deal. Once up and riding, Curren kept his feet and legs fairly close together and used a medium crouch, with a ramrod- straight back, his arms swept out like wings., A post shared by Bruce Brown Films (@brucebrownfilms). Pat Curren , one of surfings most enigmatic characters has passed away. high school and college days, Tiyasa looks up to Michael Jordan as her idol, and Father, Son, Holy Spirit,. And while he didnt have much of a local connection to the San Clemente or Dana Point surf scenes, Currens impact can be directly linked to the heavy-water strategies applied today by someone such as Greg Long. But basically it was a bunch of guys parked around the Bay there, and somebody grabbed a board and went surfing, and it looked so good the rest of us guys said, Hey, we got to get in on this., , boards that we had brought over from the Mainland, . Feb 7, 2009 11,094 5,401 113 53 Rbeach. Today, August 9th, Pat turns 88 years old. Fred Van Dyke quoted. Theyre there to make sure everyone is safe at the beach. Curren peaked in his career around the 60s, embarking on his discovery-filled journey. In a truly inspired moment, Curren created a surfers palace that came to be known as Meade Hall, . We run until the last man in surfing and a Surfival Champion is crowned. Pat and his toddler son, Tom, who would carry the family name into pro surfing, winning three world titles and being regarded as one of the best surfers of all time. Steve Pezman is quick to point out that the generally recognized history of that first day is not the real story. Already a member? Full Spectrum Services LLP 2022 | All Rights Reserved. Today, August 9th, Pat turns 88 years old. Pat had 3 siblings: Margaret Curren and 2 other siblings. The only thing that comforts me is knowing he passed away doing what he loved., Another prominent big-wave surfer, Shaun Walsh from Maui, conveyed his sentiments on the instance. Email to Malcolm, May 10, 2011. Photo: Courtesy of SHACC. Subscriptions Finally, he just fell out of the chair with blood poisoning. As Pat was heading down the coast to a new life in Mexico, his son, in 1980, won the World Amateur Junior Championship. This past January, I hopped on a flight for a quick trip to California. Jenkins, 1995, p. 81. Stay in the know and top of the action from pro surfer Patrick Curren. Never went back. Except that for Harry, who had been overlooked all those years, it was closure. From Saturn to Dump to Nozvid, the Academy award for best supporting role in a. I dont think anybody made a wave., . I can still see us running down the beach at Pupukea. Jenkins, 1995, p.p 77-78. Like many surfers of that era, Curren had a style all his own. Db x Stab buy you the first round because reciprocity is sexy. The morning started with the surf just barely big enough to ride, and then by later afternoon, waves 25 feet and higher were hitting, with more water in them and more size than I have seen since Ive surfed. Decades before the term "collab" started showing up in marketing meetings, legendary big wave surfer and shaper Pat Curren made boards for Yater Surfboards. Neat break, but a board racker, said Nelson. A popular family name in surf history and indeed on this site! He made boards and wetsuits for his son. The Surfing Wizards Scoring in Cali! It opens up into a wide valley with a waterfall in the rear. We thought it was maybe 12 feet. His big-wave boards such as the Elephant Gun are among the Holy Grail of surf collectibles, selling for as much as $25,000 USD. Copyright a360media 2023. He took off on fewer Waimea waves than any of his companions, but invariably got the one that everybody remembered. Queue up three of your favourite tunes and press play. Greg Noll is most often given credit for being the first one to ride Waimea after Dickie Cross died there and Woody Brown nearly ate it there. Thats what you call youthful optimism and maybe even a naive eagerness to fix a problem without fully grasping the intricacies of a unique situation. At 18, two years after dropping out of high school, he moved to La Jolla and began surfing; he later became an original member of the La Jolla-based Windansea Surf Club, the loudest and rowdiest group of its kind in the nation. If people think thats not being successful in life, I have to disagree., , in that setting, is completely consistent with that attitude., I always saw him as sort of a Hemingway character, , so to speak, and I envy that sort of freedom, . So were all down there one day and Pats sort of standing around, smoking a cigarette, , a bunch of us would hike up to Waimea Falls, , Noll recalled the first time Waimea Bay, It was the beginning of Pat Currens enduring reputation as King of The Bay., Downing and Trent had helped establish Makaha, This was not entirely correct. Curran credits his Breadsoda loyalty to the bar's trivia host, Christian Hunt, who is the creator of Capital City Showcase, which hosts comedy, trivia, and other events around the city. Point waves become impossible to make after the waves moved into deeper water, recalled Van Dyke. Im sure some of them came from rich families, but they rejected that kind of life, ridiculed it. But not just any leather jacket this particular jacket belonged to Steve McQueen and was given to East Coast Surfing Champion Gary Propper. I was the first to catch a wave. An 87-year-old Pat Curren stepped from the car, and we shook hands. That was the meeting place for all valiant gladiators.. Notably, he fathered the 3x World Champ, Tom Curren. He tied these to the top of his battered car and secured his board to the new rack. Pat Curren of Mission Beach and La Jolla infamy, who pioneered modern outlines on big wave guns, surfing Waimea Bay and living a life he built on his terms. Others were making nice all-around boards, but Pat made the stiletto, specifically for Waimea, where all you want to do is make it alive from Point A to B.. Tanner Gudauskas and a fundamental Australian artifact. That second one broke the speed record!, BIPOC Queen of Crazy Mason Ho, beautiful and fat Noa Deane and surfings greatest virtuoso Clay Marzo deliver a masterpiece in contemporary surfing, A penetrating glimpse into sports most exciting talents!. In 1957, he paddled out at Waimea on a big day along with a group of other surfers. When I learned of this, I instantly called some friends in the SoCal area to try to find him some space. Born in 1932 in Carlsbad, California, Curren grew up mostly in the Mission Beach area of San Diego. That was a brave moment that proved t . Away from the glam and glitzy world, he led a humbled life with his wife and daughter. Top-10 most influential, surely. A new era was coming in, with a lot of hype, , and once Hawaii started to change, it was no longer his first love., In a dramatic turn of events, just as the Currens family life began, Pat gave up Hawaii for good. And in all the years I knew him, I never saw him get into a fight, Jeanine has a photograph of their wedding day, surf writer Sam George, . Curren tena 90 aos. SURFER Magazine. Big wave trailblazer, Pat Curren died at the age of 90. Advertisement Coins. A basketball player all through her People found their patch of sand, they had their family under the cabana, they had sun shade, shelter from the rain if it rains., Except herein lies the mess. The surf also comes up very fast, and when it does, the shore break is enormous. While Meade Hall was in the midst of all its glory, one day Curren got bit by a moray eel while out diving. Or a more impenetrable one. Diffenderfer, Theres no way to express the look on the owners face when he came the next month to collect the rent, wrote Van Dyke. He was also one of the best shapers of the period, crafting surfboards made specifically for riding big waves. Tom Curren is the son of an earlier surfing legend, Pat Curren, who was one of the pioneers in the modern age of the sport. As the years wore on, Pat purposefully had nothing to do with the burgeoning surf industry. It's not like you're not gonna watch this Chapter 11 edit. He was not, however, interested in any sort of fame. Lets check out some of them. Pat Curren was one of surfing's most revered and mysterious figures. Jeanine Curren Bloom quoted. A excellent condition Pat Curren Newport. Jenkins, 1995, pp. He has stood as a guiding light for the younger generation of by-hand board builders, of which I find myself a part, for 70 years. He was 90 years old. He had a military haircut, was real quiet and moody. Repost from @nobody_surf . After he told his story they stood and gave this older scholarly looking gentleman a standing O, then the evening wound down, the crowd went home, and that was that. Jenkins, 1995, p. 79. Price, logistics, and more. , the waves have to break fifteen to eighteen feet before they start triggering on the reefs. Maybe a 15 day, just beginning to crumble on the outside. | Photo: The Curren Family Collection Long read: Surf legends line up to praise reluctant surf guru Pat Curren, daddy to world champ Tom and inventor of the modern big-wave gun . He lost his life to a gruesome encounter while surfing at Nazare on January 5th. Diffenderfer. Couldnt believe how crowded it was. Pat Curren shaped surfboards and dove for abalone. The shaper, a pioneer of big wave surfing on Hawaii's North Shore and father of three-time world surfing champion Tom Curren, has died at the age of 90. Definitely not made for big waves. Van Dyke, 1989, p. 33. This is in good part because Bud Browne was there to film Nolls crew riding Waimea and crowds of people watched from the road. She said she could tell just by the way I was holding it. "In the early '50s I moved to La Jolla and got really serious about it. By then the other guys had come in too. Occasionally a big wave will close out the bay, and surfers caught in the crush will be lucky to escape with their lives., thirty foot plus surf, wrote Fred Van Dyke, The surf was so large that the regular lineup had moved out another quarter mile, near the drop off into deep water. comment sorted by Best Top New Controversial Q&A Add a Comment Cold . And now here I was, standing with Pat Curren, Tom's 18-year-old son, trying figure out how to get his dad out of the house and to the surf photo shoot at Uluwatu that he was an hour late for. From the fall of 1957 through the spring of 1962the first five seasons of Waimea Bays (post-World War II) historynobody rode the Bay bigger, better or with more calculated precision than Pat Curren. Revered because he, in an age when surfing was young and not an industry quite yet, embodied the life that surfers now have put on a pedestal. DP Times Daily The shark just literally swam straight past them and headed for the dolphin, a spokesperson for Surf Life Saving NSW told ABC. Before that decade was up, though, Curren would also hone his talents as a big wave rider. (@surfival_league). Ricky Grigg quoted. I have a thing for beautiful damaged surfers, and the Currens to me have always felt like a two-for-one deal.. Son of surfing legend Tom Curren aka Pat Curren goes straight up at Rincon. He invariably got the one that everybody remembered, said Warshaw. I think this will do; Im going surfing. With that, he strolled into the backyard, picked up a machete, and hacked a couple of branches from a Hale Koa tree. Greg Noll, Mike Stang, Pat Curren, Mickey Munoz et. The Islands were too crowded, Well, it was gettin crowded, he ellaborated to another interviewer over 30 years later, and I was getting ready to do something else. They have no private bathroom. Very purposeful. "Imagine how much vodka he could buy," notes Charlie, referring to the GoFundMe account setup by a New York shaper to help the old guy out. Pat Curren made his mark on this world, and it wont ever be erased. He didnt care about the act itself, called it overrated, no big deal, but, being a history teacher, it bothered him to hear the inaccurate versions go into the books. A Mission Beach, San Diego, kid, he was there on the day in 1957 when Oahu's Waimea Bay was first surfed. As Accin. RIP Pat. He also shaped the finest big-wave guns of his time, recalled journalist Bruce Jenkins. Watch the trailer of Are You Serious? Image: Screenshot/EOS. Australia is a great land of wonder, as anyone who has had the privilege of visiting knows. He began surfing at 18 after moving to La Jolla, and quickly climbed the local hierarchy to become a founding member of the notorious Windansea Surf Club. Peter Cole. Picket Fence Media is a proud member of the SoCal Media Network. A lot of big-wave riders disagree on a lot of things, but I dont think any of them would disagree about this: to be good Waimea, it has to have more than size. I must have mistaken her, I thought. Reactions: hanger18 and john4surf. Pat Curren is dead at 90 years old. Click on the icon below to go there: I think the best period for surfing was the 50s, s [post World War II] history -- nobody rode the Bay bigger, better or with more calculated precision than Pat Curren. It has to have a certain look and feel. News just in that the Californian shaper Pat Curren, a big-wave pioneer on the North Shore, and daddy to three-time world champ Tom, has died after a long illness. (1963). After a series of unfortunate incidents in the surfing domain, another legendary surfer passes away. Surfer Pat Curran was announced dead on Sunday, the 22nd of January 2023. He was a man of few words, but was renowned for a wicked sense of humour among those who knew him. Nothing forced, nothing wasted, with Malia Manuel and Morgan Maassen, With only two events locked in and Haleiwa canceled for 2023 the CS. 0 coins. Then I stopped, turned around and looked across the lot. nd a three-board quiver from PANDA surfboards. With the leftover lumber they built surfboard racks, When it was finished, Pat stood back. Born in Carlsbad in 1932, Curren ran with a hardscrabble group of misfits from La Jolla early in his surf life. Besides, it looked as though it broke exactly on the rocks, a definite board racker. Although Pat Curren prefers to live his life well off the beaten path, existing in a virtual self-imposed exile, his impact on the sport still resonates today. It was Munoz who answered, Actually, it was a guy named Harry Schurch!, when I long ago asked him who took off first. We got a big surprise when we got out there. La Jolla, . He's a fan of Capital City Showcase trivia. 1 of 2 Go to page . Revered because of his talent. Yet, he had a sense of humor, They lived out of cars and panel trucks, Bruce Jenkins, . Pat Curren, legendary shaper and big wave pioneer, has died. Tiyasa is a US Sports author for Essentially Sports. And as he got older, things got a little harder. . [7] " In World War II guys started with balsa-redwood boards," recalled Curren. "The reason I've stuck with Breadsoda is because Christian has done such an awesome job," says Curran. Great sense of humor to go along with those big sad Buster Keaton eyes. The elder Curren started surfing in California in 1950, at the age of eighteen. A surf lifesaving carnival was cancelled and beaches along Sydneys prized northern beaches were closed today after a pretty lil dolphin, those goofy ready-to-play golden retrievers of the sea, was mauled by a pack of bull sharks at Manlys Shelley beach. There must have been a hundred people -- a big crowd for that time., Id love to say something heroic, Noll admitted in, , Id love to say we made history. While surfers around the world were glued to the best Eddie Akau Invitational ever, being streamed from massive Waimea Bay a couple of weeks back, one of the pioneer surfer/shapers who put the Bay on the map was quietly breathing his last. His father, Pat Curren, pioneered big-wave surfing in Hawaii. He was a surfers surfer; a man who, for better or worse, lived his life the way he saw fit. If you get the biggest wave out there, youve won the day. 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