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Ultimate Challenge is a 12-foot-tall cast bronze and rock sculpture of a nude male surfer riding a wave, created by sculptor Edmond E. Shumpert in 1976. Locally nicknamed "Nude Dude" and "Naked Surfer," it was originally installed at a City Hall location in 1973 before being moved in 1976 to its current, high-profile spot at the entrance to Huntington Beach's downtown, at the intersection of Pacific Coast Highway and Huntington Street. The nudity of the figure was a deliberate classical-sculpture choice by the artist and has made the piece a locally controversial but enduring landmark since the clothing-optional 1970s.
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Ultimate Challenge (Nude Dude)
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Site-level location · 33.6531° N, 117.9959° W
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Freely visible outdoors at a public street corner at all times; no admission fee.
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Intersection of Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) and Huntington Street, Huntington Beach, CA 92648, near 21291 Pacific Coast Hwy.
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