Surf Fest Rocks as Mike Doyle Inducted Into Surfers Walk of Fame

Locals, surfers, area businesses, industry and friends alike enjoyed a warm, festive day Saturday when Spyder's 30th Surf Fest took place on Pier Plaza in Hermosa Beach.

Mike Doyle was inducted into the Surfers Hall of Fame, followed by a fashion show, fun at the various booths and lots of music. Doyle was honored by being enshrined into the Hermosa Beach Pier with a bronze plaque. He joins the lineup of surfing pioneers and South Bay legends including Greg Noll, Bing Copeland, Hap Jacobs, Donald Takayama, Dewey Weber, Leroy Grannis, Dale Velzy and more.

“It’s hard to believe it has already been 30 years," said Dennis Jarvis, founder, Spyder Surf Shops. "We’d like to thank our partners, the City of Hermosa Beach and our friends of the industry for always supporting us and we attribute much of our success to our partnerships and personal relationships with them."

Spyder Surf Fest included the industry’s finest promotional teams and leaders, including Hurley, Billabong, Quiksilver, Volcom, Electric, Rip Curl, Roxy, Sanuk and Toms. The event offered free giveaways, interactive games, meet ‘n greets with star athletes of the surfing world, a killer band lineup that included Tomorrows Tulips featuring pro surfers Alex Knost and Ford Archbold, and a fashion show presented by Spyder Surf Women’s that featured brands across the industry with women modeling the latest 2013 trends on an 18-foot catwalk.

About 15,000 people attended throughout the day, said Crystal Yang, Surf Fest spokeswoman.