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Platja de Bolinas - Bolinas Beach
California ( Bolinas ), United States : Beach at low tide. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- California ( Bolinas ), United States : Beach at low tide
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- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Bolinas
How work, access and surfing shaped Bolinas.
Scroll to follow the shoreline through time
Bolinas is an unincorporated coastal community in Marin County, California, United States.
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1927
Work at the water’s edge
In 1927, a 300 acres (121 ha) former dairy farm on the Big Mesa was subdivided into a grid of streets and 5,336 lots measuring 20 ft × 100 ft (6.1 m × 30.5 m).
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ACCESS CHANGES
The shore becomes reachable
It is located on the California coast, approximately 13 miles (21 km) (straight line distance) northwest of San Francisco, and 27 miles (43 km) by road.
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Surfers at Bolina Beach
California ( Bolinas ), United States : Surfers at the Beach at low tide. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- California ( Bolinas ), United States : Surfers at the Beach at low tide
- Nature
- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
1909
Surfing reads the same coast differently
The Bolinas Museum traces local surfing to 1909 and records the town’s later role in surfboard and skateboard design.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Bolinas is recorded at 37.908° N, 122.692° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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Platja de Bolinas - Bolinas Beach
California ( Bolinas ), United States : Beach at low tide. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- California ( Bolinas ), United States : Beach at low tide
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
TODAY
Bolinas now
Bolinas remains a small coastal community beside a lagoon, a working shore and a surf beach, with its limited road access still shaping the experience of arrival.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Platja de Bolinas - Bolinas Beach
AOD.US.BOLINAS.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Surfers at Bolina Beach
AOD.US.BOLINAS.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Bolinas, California overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.