PeakMaster
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Interesting that of all the possible candidates, the ones most discussed in this thread were from NJ. Who'd a knew?
Tales of Local Legends
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jdogger
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That's him.
jdogger
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Cream rises to the top, regardless of what cow it comes from.
Yes that Raisin, Ray Defrehn. lots of very talented Surfers on Long Beach Island. Raisin was one of the best. He had style and class in the Water.
I’m in touch with him on Facebook. I’ll see if he wants to join us over here on Jam Boards.
I’m in touch with him on Facebook. I’ll see if he wants to join us over here on Jam Boards.
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Are you also from LBI? We might know each other?
jdogger
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Yeah, from about almost 50 years ago. Are you near Ray's brother Walter in Florida? I saw him at a wedding back there about 12 years ago with Johnny Beal. PM me when you get a chance.
Bruce Fowler
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Yes. Refer to the rest of the thread.
shapewright
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In ‘68-69 I’d winter in Isla Vista, my wife and I along with Raisin, Margo Godfrey and Angie Reno all went to Santa Cruz for the Smirnoff Pro Am.
Those were a couple of really good surf years, Devereaux for breakfast and Rincon for lunch with less than a dozen out.
Those were the days my friend, we thought they’d never end
Sax-son
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Growing up in Oxnard, CA in the late 1960's and 1970's we had a guy from I think New York by the name of Eric Penny. He was a hard charger and everyone there really liked and respected him. He moved along in the early seventies and the last I heard about him was that he passed away somewhere. So yes, there were and are many candidates from the East Coast that deserves mention.
Sax-son
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Oh yeah! There were some massive swells during that period. A lot of big storms and flooding in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties.