Landslide buries rare surf collection
Honolulu Star-Bulletin
'LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. Avid surfboard collector Bobby Lockhart owns some of the world's most valuable boards, including one that champion surfer-turned-actor Kelly Slater rode to victory in the Hawaiian Pipe Masters championship.
But he had to watch helplessly when last week's huge landslide destroyed his two-story home in this community about a mile from the beach and buried nearly all his prized boards beneath debris and rubble.
Lockhart rummaged through his house Friday and managed to retrieve two Lightning Bolt boards and a Hawaiian big-wave board that had been owned by a deceased friend.
"I only got three out of 350," said Lockhart, a 37-year-old surfwear salesman. "But it's a start, it's a beautiful start."
Between 30 and 50 boards might be ruined, but the rest "looked salvageable," he said. His collection includes a 1930s balsa-wood board valued at $30,000...'
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