On both corners of Main Street and Pacific Coast Highway, surf history can be found.

Under the feet of Duke Kahanamoku, the hands, footprints and signatures of influential surfers are set in cement, permanent fixtures from those who have been honored through the years at the Surfers’ Hall of Fame in front of Huntington Surf and Sport.

Across the way in front of Jacks Surfboards, there are the stars lining the walkway where famous surfers have their names displayed in granite stone for people to pay their respects.

People from around the world must marvel when they stumble upon these two tribute areas, where the world’s best known and legendary surfers from around the world have left their marks.

We’re lucky, we live here. We can come out to watch them be honored, get up close to recognize their contribution to the surf culture, and to see history permanently placed in the sidewalks of Surf City, USA.

Here’s a quick rundown of who is being honored this year at each event:

Surfing Walk of Fame, 10 a.m. Thursday in front of Jacks Surfboards:

Surfing Champions: Ian Cairns

The power surfer founded Australian Professional Surfing Association, Association of Surfing Professionals, NSSA, and helped created the ranking system for world title races. Now he coaches many pro surfers, as well as the USA PacSun Surf Team, which took home gold in Costa Rica last year.

Local Hero: Rick “Rockin Fig” Fignetti

A ten-time West Coast Surfing champion, and member of the first NSSA National Team in 1978, “Rockin Fig” has been and still is the voice of surf announcing for local and legendary surf events for 20 years. He was a forecaster for KROQ for 26 years until this year.

Surf Champion: Sunny Garcia:

Garcia was the world champion in 2000 and all-time winner of Van’s Triple Crown.

Surf Pioneer: David “Dewey” Weber:

He is the founder of Dewey Weber Surfboards, which opened in Venice in 1960, and he’s a strong competitive surfer.

Surf Culture: Dave Rochlen

Rochlen’s Malibu chip board in the late ‘40s and ‘50s became popular in Malibu celebrity circles, and was the waterman of that time. In the ‘60s he founded Surfline Hawaii and launched Jams Beachwear brand.

Woman of the Year: Candy Calhoun

In 1965, Calhoun as a member of the USA Surfing Team placed third in the ISA World Championships in Peru. She was an avid body-surfer and became the first woman to body-surf both the Newport Wedge and Pipeline.

Honor Roll: Dick Baker

Baker helped transform Ocean Pacific, and he’s one of the most respected figures in surf apparel. He was the Surf Industry Manufacturers Association since 2000, until his passing in 2009.

Source: Active Empire

Surfers’ Hall of Fame, 10 a.m. Friday, Huntington Surf and Sport:

Randy Lewis:

Lewis is a lifelong Huntington Beach resident who won the West Coast Championships in 1976 and 1977 and the San Onofre Surf Club titles in 1978 and 1979. He has since worked at nearly every surf shop in Huntington Beach, and continues to shape at Chuck Dent.

Ian “Kanga” Cairns:

Cairns played an instrumental role in the development of the NSSA, ASP, Op Pro, Bud Surf Tour and the U.S. Open of Surfing. Cairns helped lay the foundation for the U.S. Open to become the world’s largest professional surfing competition and a consumer showcase for the sport.

Stephanie Gilmore:

Gilmore joined the World Tour in 2007, winning four events to claim her first title. The Australian surfer went on to nab three more ASP World Tour titles.

OC Surfers of the Year:

The Orange County Register – along with the U.S. Open of Surfing and Huntington Surf and Sport – will present awards to the 2010 OC Surfers of the Year at the Surfers’ Hall of Fame.

There were about 500,000 votes cast, and online readers made their choice for their favorite local surfer. The winners are:

– OC Male Shortboarder of the Year: Brett Simpson

- OC Female Shortboarder of the Year: Courtney Conlogue

- OC Longboarder of the Year: Joe Aaron

- Rising Star Male: of the Year: Rising Star Male Trevor Thornton