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May 23, 2021 · Dewey Weber was born David Earl Weber on August 18, 1938 in Denver, Colorado. He went on to become one of the greats in surfing in the 1950s and a great in the surfboard manufacturing world in the 1960s.
Jan 7, 2014 · You get a quick glance at it in the clip above, just after the opening title, as Weber deplanes, lip-forward, in Honolulu. A fleshy little badge of determination. How easy to imagine Dewey wearing the exact same face while winning the big yo-yo championship as a schoolboy, or the high school conference wrestling title, or whil...
Feb 8, 2017 · Matt Warshaw's latest History Of Surfing chapter dropped a few days ago, and it's all about Malibu's "Little Man on Wheels," Dewey Weber. An expert hotdogger, and one of the '50s-generations' most talented surfers, Weber brought a showmanship dripping with ambition and self-critical intensity.
Dewey started surfing at age nine and after graduating from high school in 1956, he headed for Hawaii to ride North Shore waves. Nicknamed "the little man on wheels," the short and athletic Dewey Weber returned to the mainland and became a pioneer to surfing in so many ways.
Flashy, bleach-blond surfer and board manufacturer of the late ‘50’s and ‘60’s, Dewey founded surf industry powerhouse Dewey Weber Surfboards, opening his first store in Venice in 1960.
Dewey Weber ( August 18, 1938 - January 7, 1993) The Little Man on Wheels was always moving. Where others stood and posed, Dewey Weber injected life and movement, helping to usher in the era of hotdogging.
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Feb 6, 2017 · Dewey Weber is remembered and loved, and rightly so, as surfing's original high-performance boy wonder, the hotdogging messiah. But what really fascinates me about Weber is the crazy drive and ambition.
