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Old 12-16-2009, 11:38 AM   #16
Crafty Angler
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Crafty--

You surf??



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Yeah - it'll be 47 years next summer if I'm still ambulatory by then...

Mostly on a Morey Boogie twin fin these days because
of serious back problems - but I did break out my 8'2" Nectar noserider for a swell this fall with no ill effects - Gary shaped it for me himself shortly before his stint at the Crowbar Hotel

I really enjoyed Riding Giants because of the perspective of the veterans like Greg Noll, Lopez, Billy Hamilton and the others on what's happening today - it's come a long way in terms of performance

Hell, the first board I rode was a 9'8" Greg Noll with triple redwood stringers and an inlaid glassed wooden skeg

Yeah, that was a while ago...

"There is no royal road to this heavy surf-fishing. With all the appliances for comfort experience can suggest, there is a certain amount of hard work to be done and exposure to be bourne as a part of the price of success." From "Striped Bass," Scribner's Magazine, 1881.
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