1966. I was a junior at Helix High, surfed law street, crystal pier, surfer motel, and LJ shores with my best friends. Yes it was the best of times. Things changed real fast in the next four years.
And then in 1972 World Contest our local OB boys stole his board (a Lis Fish copycat from Dyno) stabbed it and hung it from the OB pier. “Good luck Dave”
I was drafted in Oct. '66. Spent 1 year in Nam..survived and the first thing I did after 2 years in the Army was buy a 8 ft. Yater. 50 years later I sold my custom 9'7" board...Tourmaline was my favorite spot sometimes with Skip Fry next to me on a nice right... La Jolla shores was my learning how to break.
My surf spot through the 90s love OB, south is Sunset Cliffs and North was Lajolla on to Orange County. Great consistent surf along that coast. Pop in for a dawn patrol get a breakfast burrito on voltaire, good times.
The opening segment with people walking along the canal. Anybody able to identify the guy in a aloha shirt with a couple of women? Later he walks into the room. I don't want to name names, but I think it's the same guy that broke my arm by kicking out over my head in the Doheney shorebreak in 63 or 64. I was twelve or thirteen. All the other good surfers would kick out before getting inside leaving the last part of the wave to the us groms. I took off on a wave he was riding but he came right up to me and when he swung his board up I blocked it with my fore arm and got a fracture. Off to the emergency room in Laguna and no more surf that summer. Later I heard that he was a lifeguard and I saw photos of him as a tandem competitor.
Uptight guy next to Duke. I can just hear the conversation “ so mister Hoover what do you think of these young people now a days?” Well mister Duke they’re acting strange these days, not like when I grew up, but don’t worry we got a place for them it’s called Viet Nam “ hahahaha
He was the Duke's business manager, Kimo McVay. He and the Duke had lunch with some us at the old Calif. Western Univ. out on Point Loma. The Duke was a true inspiration for us all.
1966. I was a junior at Helix High, surfed law street, crystal pier, surfer motel, and LJ shores with my best friends. Yes it was the best of times. Things changed real fast in the next four years.
I remember the first time we saw David Nuuhiwa at a contest at crystal pier. Our grom minds were blown.
And then in 1972 World Contest our local OB boys stole his board (a Lis Fish copycat from Dyno) stabbed it and hung it from the OB pier. “Good luck Dave”
I was drafted in Oct. '66. Spent 1 year in Nam..survived and the first thing I did after 2 years in the Army was buy a 8 ft. Yater. 50 years later I sold my custom 9'7" board...Tourmaline was my favorite spot sometimes with Skip Fry next to me on a nice right... La Jolla shores was my learning how to break.
Awesome post! I'll be there next week visiting from Florida!
My surf spot through the 90s love OB, south is Sunset Cliffs and North was Lajolla on to Orange County. Great consistent surf along that coast. Pop in for a dawn patrol get a breakfast burrito on voltaire, good times.
Awesome! Thanks for posting
It was the psychedelic beginning of the short board era. It must have been a great time to be a surfer.
Beauties and Royalty
I body surfed in 77 at Coronado
The famous Mama Doyle hat at 5:50.
The opening segment with people walking along the canal. Anybody able to identify the guy in a aloha shirt with a couple of women? Later he walks into the room. I don't want to name names, but I think it's the same guy that broke my arm by kicking out over my head in the Doheney shorebreak in 63 or 64. I was twelve or thirteen. All the other good surfers would kick out before getting inside leaving the last part of the wave to the us groms. I took off on a wave he was riding but he came right up to me and when he swung his board up I blocked it with my fore arm and got a fracture. Off to the emergency room in Laguna and no more surf that summer. Later I heard that he was a lifeguard and I saw photos of him as a tandem competitor.
Heavy long boards..no leach = lots of injuries.
That’s me selling posters at 6:01
The beginning of the golden age of surfing which lasted about a decade depending on who ya talk too🎉
Jock #2!
Uptight guy next to Duke. I can just hear the conversation “ so mister Hoover what do you think of these young people now a days?” Well mister Duke they’re acting strange these days, not like when I grew up, but don’t worry we got a place for them it’s called Viet Nam “ hahahaha
And that is what happened in real life. Vietnam that is...
He was the Duke's business manager, Kimo McVay. He and the Duke had lunch with some us at the old Calif. Western Univ. out on Point Loma. The Duke was a true inspiration for us all.
@@mikewalters54 The Big Wednesday movie had the Nam Draft and how to avoid it.
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1:58: JJF!
HAhahahah Looks like him!
Great footage. Horrible soundtrack!
Drop-in city. Infuriating.