Two kids on the block
I can still recall the summer day when I met the gremmie. He had spiky hair and was tanned, fit, talkative and very funny. He...
Joel Tudor
Joel Tudor and the rise of modern longboarding
Before I begin, let me get this out of my guts. Okay, I hate the world “log” in reference to surfboards over 10 feet. And,...
How the shortboard revolution sparked a longboard renaissance
In 1967, something called the shortboard revolution overthrew longstanding traditions. To be fair, surfing had encountered prior revolutions. In 1935, the addition of a fin...
The Tudor dynasty
Joel Tudor was a brat when I met him in the late 1980s. A very talented brat, but a brat, nonetheless. The rail-thin, freckle-faced, blond...
Waterspot: Back to North County style school
I first met Brad Gerlach in the Cardiff Reef dirt parking lot in the early 1980s. He was about 12 years old and aware that...