Val Surf
“It was the Spring of 1962 when the Richards Family floated the idea of opening a surf shop inland from the coast in the heart of the San Fernando Valley. Understandably, surfers were surfacing everywhere and inland was definitely no exception. The Richards Family made their dream become a reality in the fall of that same year after much thought, along with much research and ground work.”
“The Family was very tuned into what was happening with skateboarding, being skaters themselves, and its linked association with surfing . Thus, from their onset they incorporated their skate expertise into their product offering to give Val Surf the honor of being the “Oldest Surf-Skate Shop in the World”, in addition to being one of the first snowboard shops on the West Coast at the very beginning of snowboarding in 1977.”
“Val Surf’s “1st’s” are many but what stands out more than any other would have to be the honor of being the world’s first skate/surf mail order service, Along with being voted Retailer of the Year in September of 1996 and inducted into the Skateboard Hall Of Fame in May of 2019.“
Val Surf