Surf Mom

My Mom at a Huntington Beach surf contest in 1968 (I was born in 1970).
Photo by Leroy Grannis.

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16 Comments
  • Tony
    November 22, 2006

    Thats so cool….
    Your Mom is awesome.

  • justin
    November 22, 2006

    what kind of board was she riding?

  • Eric
    November 22, 2006

    That’s rad.

    Tandem contest?

  • Doug Rail
    November 22, 2006

    Fidel Castro her tandem partner, no?

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2006

    Sally SP is the best!
    kit

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2006

    Sweet Bonzer Hotline Lady!!!

    Bearded fella looks too tall to be Pinliner…

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2006

    Very cool… I have a pic of my mom in her younger days surfing too… I should post it

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2006

    Stay away, poachers! I’m first in line if Sally does decide to start adopting scuzzy 35-year-olds.

    That sweet woman cried when my dog died. What’s not to love about that?

    Regarding Peter’s beard:

    “Very, very nice,” said a man in the crowd,
    When the golden voice appeared.
    She was gold alright, but then so is rust.
    “Such a shame about the beard.”
    “How dare you say things like that,” it said,
    “You ought to be ashamed.” — he was.
    “But I thought your voice was pretty good,
    And that beard is good for a goat.”

    Giles, Giles and Fripp — “Elephant Song”

    Happy Thanksgiving, gapers!
    Festus P.

  • vasco
    November 22, 2006

    i remenber getting a reply to an email from you mom ordering me to go surf the 2 beatifull Moonlight glassed Pavels!
    And a warm voice on the other side of atrans Atlantic and Continental phone call!!!!

  • Anonymous
    November 22, 2006

    Although now that I think about it, Sally’s tears may have simply resulted from the trauma involved in running over poor Otis with her Camaro. At speed.

    Festus P.

  • KOROSXAGÓN
    November 23, 2006

    I’m born in 1968 !! good year !!
    This foto girl, is the Paula’s mom wahine number four? good good !
    Fidel Castro in California (1968) jajajaja, very fun !
    I’love vintage surfing !
    Aloha from Spain !
    PD: Sorry, my english is very bat, is huga-huga english !
    ¡¡ EL GATO ES SUPREMO !! DORA LIVES IN SPAIN !!

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2006

    Shit. Maybe she was crying only because she dented her Camaro …

    FP

  • Anonymous
    November 23, 2006

    who won the contest?

  • Anonymous
    November 26, 2006

    Dims?

  • rfe
    December 2, 2006

    Cool pic. Is that John Peak standing behind her? I started surfing the pier a couple of years after that.

  • Surfysummer
    May 13, 2012

    Sally! Such a good hearted and knowledgable woman.. I look to her for advice on my glass jobs and hold her in high regard. Happy mothers day Sally!