I just got the news that Aitken Roshi, founder of Hawaii’s Diamond Sangha, died today around 5:30 p.m. I love this particular image of Aitken, a photo taken during a 1976 protest against nuclear weapons at Pearl Harbor’s West Loch. He was at the front of this march with pacifist activist Jim Albertini. Albertini, on [...]
I keep turning up additional bits and pieces from the First National Surfing Championship held in Long Beach, California, in November and December, 1938. This week I found this wonderful glamour photo, apparently part of the publicity barrage for the event, along with a clip from the Los Angeles Times (unfortunately, no date recorded). The [...]
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