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In 1995 his long time love of water and metal sculpture led him to combining the two into a beautiful fountain that quickly rusted. That evolved, and in 1989 he began selling his art locally. He started making small primitive sculptures for his family and friends in 1985. That might be why his friends and family refer to him as “Sanford.' And even though Derek’s work is mostly recycled, he is perfectly capable of creating with new material too.

Nowadays, he has become a regular at a few scrap yards and visits weekly for new finds. He grew fascinated with the challenge of what could be made from his collection of junk. It was then that he was exposed to a whole new world which included welding his artistic focus was found, and metal became his passion.Īs a young man, Derek’s family was far from rich, so to make art, he turned to the open road (mostly the side of the road) collecting pieces of metal and other nonsense. In his freshman year of high school, 1982, Derek took metal shop. He would take apart anything he could get his hands on, even if it was in good working condition (a tradition that he still honors today). Derek was curious about all things mechanical. He also got plenty of drawing practice during school hours when his teacher was busy teaching. He owns a collection of “napkin drawings” his mother saved for him, as he would draw for hours on coffee shop napkins when his family dined out. The fin is one solid piece of steel that was made to the actual shape of a real fin.Ī self-taught artist, Derek McDonald was born in Orange County, California where he began to explore his artistic side at a very young age. The stringer and fin presents the collaboration with artist Chris Harsh who not only painted the incredible colors, but also clear coated the entire piece to give it that “wet” look. Interior bolts accentuate the board with a flowing style as the board sits atop a 25” diamond-bit saw blade. The board was constructed using 475 recycled long spool bolts creating a realistic dimensioned longboard. The design was used on the original Paddle Hard No. As with many of Derek’s art, it is given an industrial feel with polished refinement.

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5 debuts as the newest life-size surfboard in a series built from recycled metal and other found objects, this longboard presents a new style on an old design. “Paddle Hard Number 5” By Artist Derek McDonald

The Surfing Heritage & Culture Center is located in the nearby city of San Clemente. Surfing Heritage & Culture Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, presenting and promoting surfing’s heritage for the appreciating and education of current and future generations.

The collection on display at the resort includes a 9’7” Lance Carson reproduction model, 1998 Harbour classic reproduction model, 9’10” Gordon & Smith Retro Red Fin model shaped by Steve Seebold, and a 9’5” Doug Haut reproduction model. The Surfing Heritage & Culture Center strives to pay homage to a board-building craft and traditions that dates back to ancient Hawaii. The resort proudly displays four surfboards on loan from the Surfing Heritage & Culture Center, an 8,000 square-foot museum that holds the world’s most extensive collection of historic surfboards, evolutionary surfing gear, photography, film/multimedia, books, oral history, and ephemera. On loan from Surfing Heritage & Culture Center Surfing Heritage & Culture Center Surfboards This new vessel, called the Hobie Cat 14, has developed into one of Alter’s most widely recognized inventions. In the late sixties, Hobie, along with Phil Edwards and Wayne Schaffer, designed a lightweight version of the Polynesian catamaran. The exhibit currently highlights founder Hobie Alter’s rooted passion for the ocean and the development of the Catamaran sailing boat. Located above Salt Creek Beach, one of Southern California’s most infamous surf beaches, the oceanfront resort continues to embrace the area’s legendary surf culture by collaborating with Hobie on a rotating exhibit, located on the lobby level, and on display throughout 2021. Now on exclusive display at the resort are unique memorabilia, historical images, and iconic surfboards from Southern California’s first surf shop, Hobie, which opened in the 1950s in Dana Point.