Santa Barbara Surfing Museum

Sports museum in Santa Barbara, California

Santa Barbara Surfing Museum

Established| 1992
Dissolved| 2017
Location| 16 1/2 Helena Avenue: #C,
Santa Barbara, California
Coordinates| 34°24′48″N 119°41′20″W﻿ / ﻿34.413397°N 119.688971°W﻿ / 34.413397; -119.688971
Type| Sports museum
Website| http://www.sbsurfingmuseum.com/[dead link]

Santa Barbara Surfing Museum was a museum to the sport of surfing at 16 1/2 Herlena Avenue in Santa Barbara, California. It was established by Jim O'Mahoney and opened in 1992. The museum's collection included 50 surfboards including redwood and balsa boards designed by board builders including Reynolds Yater, as well as a collection of ukuleles.[1][full citation needed]

In 2017, O'Mahoney announced that the museum was closing.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Surfin' U.S.A. by Rory Evans Martha Stewart magazine page 78
2. ^ Welsh, Nick (23 February 2017). "Santa Barbara Surfing Museum Is Closing". The Santa Barbara Independent. Retrieved 17 September 2021.