Rick Griffin Blazing Boards T-Shirt primo Although Duke Kahanamoku first introduced

Although Duke Kahanamoku first introduced surfing to Atlantic City in 1912

expanding the brand beyond its Hawaiian origin

While some stories attribute the name “hot rod” to the modified Ford V8s fueled by bootleg liquor during Prohibition

“Slippery When Wet” (1958)

Rick Griffin Blazing Boards T-Shirt primo Although Duke Kahanamoku first introducedRick Griffin was a highly gifted cartoonist and artist born in Palos Verdes, California in 1944. Griffin was surfing by age 12 and developing his artistic skills by copying the cartoons in Mad magazine. At the age of sixteen, Griffin met John Severson, who had just recently released the first issue of Surfer Magazine. Severson saw the potential in Griffin's work and agreed to put Griffin's cartoon strip, "The Gremmies" in the next issue. That cartoon