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Surf shop with lots of used board in North SD - South OC

PostPosted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:13 pm
by francesco75
Hi to all,
I'm Francesco, and i live in Italia.Next month (10 day still!) i'll go in SoCal:i take an apt in Carlsbad beacause it's easy to find good spot near who work good in summer( Oceanside and San Clemente are my favourite). So i dont want to take my surfboard from Italia, and i want to find a used(great condition) there.. i'm looking for a summer board (5'10-6'0 quad and wider than other common boards).
i have taken a look in craiglist, but i ask to you: can you suggest me any surfshop who has a lot of choice of boards in this area, please? San Clemente sounds good,also Oceanside, and SD area..but name of shops? please help me!
Francesco

PostPosted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:27 am
by billie_morini
Buongiorno, Francesco!
You are going to surfing heaven in SoCal. Be sure to surf at my favorite location there. It is San Onofre. It is often called, San O.

On with the answer you have requested. Go to TK's Frog House Surf Shop in Newport Beach, California (https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Frog+House/@33.6295861,-117.9580774,15.39z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x80dd2041245b704f:0xabb7a3ec4ad70fc1!8m2!3d33.6289463!4d-117.9532095). It's stuffed full of new and used boards. Besides, then you are only 3 miles south of Newport Beach. You must go there because it is "Surf City, USA." It's not far from the SoCAL area you want to go to. In Surf City you can surf at the Huntington Beach pier (you'll recognize it from magazines) (http://www.stockteam.com/hbpier.html); go to the small International Surfing Museum (http://www.surfingmuseum.org/); go two giant surf shops (one is Jack's that has been there since 1957); eat a great breakfast at the surfers' landmark Sugar Shack Cafe (http://www.stockteam.com/sugar_shack.html); and have a fine diner, cocktails, or Hula Pie at Duke's restaurant name after the great Hawaiian, Duke Kahanamoku (http://www.dukeshuntington.com/). All these things in Huntignton Beach are within walking distance of one another. You may also find some good used boards at Jack's (http://www.jackssurfboards.com/locations/locations.html).

You are going to have a great time!
Ciao,
Billie