“Summer at Sea” Lecture Series!
“100 Years of Surfing in Delray Beach & Beyond”
With surfing Hall of Famer, Executive Director of the Surfing Florida Museum, and DBHS Historian, Tom Warnke. For Tom, surfing is more than a sport or a passion; it’s his life. He caught his first waves on an inflatable mat after moving from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Boynton Beach, Florida, and has since dedicated his time to the ocean, its history, coastal preservation and activism. In 1966, he founded the first surfing organization in Boynton Beach, called the Cripple Creek Surf Club, where he started organizing hundreds of surfing competitions. Three decades later, Warnke founded Florida’s first chapter of the Surfrider Foundation in 1996. The national organization, established in 1984 in Malibu, California, is dedicated to protecting and enjoying the world’s oceans, waves and beaches through an activist network. Warnke is also a prolific writer with articles having appeared in a number of surfing and mainstream publications. His literary abilities have clearly articulated the surfing lifestyle to a mainstream audience over many years. Through these writings he has been able to share the feeling, the history and the culture of surfing to the masses.
August 11th. 6pm social. Lecture begins 6:30pm.
Delray Beach Historical Society Bungalow. 3 NE 1st Street, Delray Beach. Refreshments served.
Parking across the street at the Old School Square Parking Garage.
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