Tom Blake transformed the sport of surfing in the 1920s and 1930s with innovative board designs and improvements. Now Blake, who was born in Milwaukee and grew up in Washburn, will be posthumously ...

Among the most influential first-generation California surfers of the early 20th Century, Tom Blake has been included on the list of 2025 inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Surfing pioneer Tom Blake was born in Milwaukee and grew up in Washburn. Among his inventions and innovations are a lightweight, hollow surfboard and a surfboard fin. Tom Blake's innovations ...