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Huntington Beach, California: World's Largest Surfboard

Too big to fit in the adjacent Surfing Museum, the 42-foot-long board is displayed outdoors on a pole. 66 people caught a wave on it at the same time in 2015.

Address:
411 Olive Ave., Huntington Beach, CA
Directions:
Downtown, on the southeast corner of Olive Ave. and 5th St., next to the Surfing Museum.
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World's Largest Surfboard.

World's Largest Surfboard

According to the plaque accompanying the surfboard, in 2015, on International Surfing Day, 66 former US Open of Surfing winners, Surfing Walk of Fame and Surfers Hall of Fame inductees, celebrities, and local Huntington Beach heroes rode a custom-built, 42-foot-long surfboard to break two Guinness World Records for: World's Largest Surfboard (42 long, 11 wide, 16 thick, 1,300 pounds), and "Most People Riding a Surfboard at Once." The 66 riders caught a wave for 12 seconds.

[Melissa, 07/13/2022]

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