SCOTT,
just found your post.Thanks -we've been chewing on that one for years.Problem solved.The grom break in process involved the offering of a bananna to that wicked monster-Sam of course would shite in his hand and fling it at the poor innocent-covering him with astinky mess Since it was considered an honor to be blessed sams' odiferous mess,it had to be worn all day,or until mother ocean cleansed the little bugger.
Dang! I'm glad I was not privy to that surf ritual when I used to hang around Otto's shop.
I still think of his shop and that obsence monkey when I pass the skate park that is now built over where his shop used to be. That shop was still the genesis for a lot of us getting started in surfing.
Since it was considered an honor to be blessed sams' odiferous mess,it had to be worn all day,or until mother ocean cleansed the little bugger. 
