Who was the inspiration behind PCH & Huntington Street's "Ultimate Challenge" surfer? Installed in 1973, artist Edmund Schumpert cast this bronze artwork in the Italian community of Pietrasanta. The sculptor successfully captured the relationship between man and the wave at the crucial moment when they become one united mass of controlled energy; thereby, achieving “The Ultimate Challenge.”
On this episode of Hidden Huntington Beach, host Chris Epting and local artist/surfer, Dave Reynolds, explore this and many other public art pieces downtown.