HEY BING!
DO YOU REMEMBER D.O. FROM MANHATTAN BEACH ? I 'M HIS SON CHRIS.I REMEMBER THE OLD DAYS ON 4TH STREET, SCOTT AND YOUR DAUGHTER. I AM STILL SURFING SHORT BOARD'S ONLY AT THIS POINT BUT I WAS STOKED TO SEE ALL YOUR WONDERFUL HISTORY BROUGHT TO LIFE ON THIS WEBSITE.
DID DANNY RIDE BINGS? ANY FOND MEMORIES??
THE SOUTH BAY HAS SUCH A DEEP HISTORY WHEN IT COMES TO THE EXPLOSION OF RIDING AND BUILDING OF SURFBOARDS.FROM DEWEY TO HAP TO VELZY TO NOLL, YOURSELF AS WELL AS MANY OTHER'S SEEMS EVERYTHING KIND OF FELL OFF THE SAME TREE..THE HAWAIIAN CONNECTION...IT JUST GOES ON AND ON.
SOME OF THOSE BOARDS LOOK SO AHEAD OF THE CURVE FOR THIER TIME... AND SEEING ROLF JUST BLEW MY MIND I WISH SOMEONE WROTE A BOOK ON HIS RISE AND FALL AND INCLUDED SOME PICS OF HIM SURFING.
HERE ARE A FEW NAMES I REMEMBER AS A KID..HAROLD IGGY,ROBERT LINEAU,JIM CALHOON,DARYLE DICKEY,GENE SEDILLO,
DEWEY OF COURSE,NOLL,JACOBS.I DREW ALOT OF INSPIRATION FROM SOME OF THOSE SURFERS. THEY ALL RIPPED, FROM SUNSET BEACH TO M.B. AND HERMOSA.
TAKE CARE BING THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES!
CHRIS O'CONNOR
(CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND SURFING RIGHT AROUND WHERE IT ALL STARTED YEARS AGO "THE MANHATTAN BEACH PIER") |
