Return to roots as longboard surfing grows in Atlantic Beach area
Local surfers, including 250 from the area, revive old fashioned longboards along Atlantic Beach. Bob Webb of Action Surf Shop describes the scene near the Sheraton Hotel pier with up to two dozen surfers riding every sunset. Webb, a 26 year surfer and shop founder, shapes boards in a connected factory and runs a full service shop from 1980s Florida to Atlantic Beach.
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Orfers
Atlantic
Bob Webb
Action Surf Shop
Morehead City
NC 58
Webb
Atlantic Ocean
Sheraton Hotel
Florida
Atlantic Beach
Surfing Magazine
Surfing gains structure as ESA fosters contests coast to coast
The Eastern Surfing Association builds amateur contests from the Great Lakes to the Gulf, led by district director John Doyle of Central North Carolina. About 200 members in his region pay $20 yearly, compete in age and board based categories, and may enter May regional meets. Atlantic Beach eyes 1997 Wrightsville Beach regional. judging is by peers. Surfrider Foundation runs beach cleanups with 25 000 members worldwide.
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Eastern Surfing Association
ESA
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast
John Doyle
Morehead City
North Carolina
Doyle
Wrightsville Beach
Atlantic Beach
Surf Zone
NC 58
Sheraton Hotel
Sheraton
Surfrider Foundation
Kill Devil Hills
Wilmington
SURF
Old Everglades renegade Totch Brown recalls a lifetime of danger
Ten Thousand Islands, Fla. Totch Brown, 75, steers his boat through a storm with a stubborn, weathered resolve. Once a famed poacher and survivalist of the western Everglades, he reflects on a life spent dodging rangers, Coast Guard boats, and the wild, sharing a moment of music as calm returns.
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Ten Thousand Islands
Fla
Everglades
Totch
Deborah
Coast Guard
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Bert Pearson
Bert’s Surf Shops
Tony Butler
Bogue Inlet
Kenny Brock
Doug Wate
Glades Renegade
Dan Sewell
Associated Press
Totch Brown
Everglades Museum
Aldrich Ames
Travel
Flightline
NADEP
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