and Old Friends2000 Surfing Pictures Note: I probably visited with or ran into more of my old surf buds this year, particularly from Huntington Beach, then I have in the past 20 years. I did some travelling and this is what happened. I must do this again someday.
Surf EXPO, Orlando - January 2000
Me and Corky (left),
We still talk about our 1970 argument
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Da Snake and Da Bull (Right),
Huntington and Hermosa
Old surf partner Skip Savage is doing well with the staff
I had a very nice visit with the Weber family.
Dewey was an old surfing/wrestling friend.
ESA Mid-Atlantic Regionals - Kill Devil Hills, NC - May 2000
Won my first "Legends"
(55 years young) trophy in June
at the Delaware ESA contest.
Director and friend Harry Wilson presents the trophy (where can I put it?).
65th St, Ocean City, MD - August
Notice I'm wearing web gloves - Don't care what anyone says,
they work great!
The 62nd Street Surf Club plays at K-Coast (right)
John Robbins on the left - Butch Dye on the right - can't tell in the middle
but probably Ed DeCorse
Bud Wally Abrams and I enjoy the party (left) - early September
My Trip to OZ
September and October
John Geyer & I
Freemantle, Western Australia - September
John was my very first surf partner
and also my college wrestling partner in the 60s
Ron Taylor & I
Seacliff, Southern Australia - September
Ron and I have stayed in close contact on a regular basis for years.
Chuck Linnen & I
HBSA 30-year Reunion - October 14, 2000
I really like this picture.
Chuck was a "surf hero" & friend back when I was a young grom in the very early 60s.
David Nuuhiwa & I
HBSA 30-year Reunion - October 14, 2000
David, Chuck Ray, Bruce "Face" James, and I
That was a real crazy local HB surf crew in the 60s and 70s.
Rick "Rockin Fig" Fignetti and I
HBSA 30-year Reunion - October 14, 2000
Besides HBSA and being on the HBHS Surf Team I coached,
Rick was in the math class I taught at HB High School
around 1973