This record was a "hard to find" LP, until the Sundazed Music cie (on the Yesterdazed Series) released it back, in 1994, with 2 previously unissued bonus tracks.

[3] By the time Surfing With The Challengers was issued in the spring of 1963, the band become one of the most visible and influential musical groups in Southern California.

[4] Their debut album, Surfbeat was selling well[5] and Wallichs Music City had an entire window display devoted to the band.

This served to emphasize how much the new genre of surf music had been inspired by the rich heritage of rock instrumentals from the "golden age" just three or four years before.

The choice of material, and the wonderful crisp and restrained production of both this album and the earlier Surfbeat, were inspirational to most teen bands at the time.