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Wish I could be there for the grom-fest


Two hours away from the coast, and it's still raining up here!

Tom, hope all is well with you; catch a couple for me. I may try to get to the Santa Cruz event in January, that would be a blast.

Jack Beresford wrote:Nothing worse than getting beat by them in competition. There were some pretty good stand up guys back in the 80s - Chas Wickwire, Sean McGriff .

Thanks for the props, Jack.
Course, I don't think I ever beat you! Lord knows I tried...

So sad to hear. :( Carl was the first to help me shape a board; back in '80. I was living in HB, running Sunline surfshop and he had his shop next door. He let me use his room and tools and I went to town. It came out a little thin, with very sharp rails, but it surfed! I remember him as a very nice...