OB Historical Society Presents
The Ocean Beach Historical Society Presents:
“Surfing Sunset Cliffs, The Early Years”
By Original Sunset Cliffs Dudes & Gidgets
Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 7 PM
At Water’s Edge Faith Community, 1984 Sunset Cliffs Blvd., O.B.
Dig out your Hawaiian shirt for the Ocean Beach Historical Society’s “Surfing Sunset Cliffs, The Early Years” presentation.
Flashback to the blue waters of the cliffs with surfers/presenters Jim “Mouse” Robb, 86, Marsh Malcolm, 86, John Holly, 76, Billy Chapman, 75, Tom “Lizard” Chapman, 76, and the “Original Gidget” Linda Benson, age unknown.
This Sunset Cliffs program covers the years 1945 – 1965, including 1947 film footage of surfing planks (wood longboards) at Ab’s beach.
Linda will give her special perspective on the early days of surfing. The program is free and all are welcome.
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Holly boards are the best.
really wanted to go to this. will the rag be offering an article about the event?
Afraid not, unless Pat or Kathy or Eric could write something up for us.
I just saw the event with the early surf legends announcement and wish I could have been reunited with John Holly and Linda Benson “little Linda” who I graduated with in’61!
I had a dermatology appointment yesterday and discussed Sub, Ab, and Garbage on the Cal Western campus with the Doc.
I attended the 10 year reunion in ‘71, but haven’t seen any Pointer surfers since seeing Larry Garcia driving a Woody with a board out the back window in ‘66. He an I both had ‘31 Model As in ‘61!
Best wishes to the OB gang!
Bill Garber