Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Working odd jobs, dabbling in the local music scene and surfing in San Diego, one day in 1990, a young Eddie Vedder received a ...

Walter Hoffman was a larger-than-life surfer who became known as the “godfather” of the surfing industry, a mentor with a strong stature and gruff voice but a soft, kind heart. Hundreds of friends and ...

A memorial and paddle-out ceremony are planned to celebrate the life of Walter Hoffman, an early-era big wave charger and board builder who helped kick-start the surf clothing industry. The gathering ...

Working odd jobs, dabbling in the local music scene and surfing in San Diego, one day in 1990, a young Eddie Vedder received a tape in the mail from Stone Gossard in Seattle. On it was a demo ...