North of Malibu

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 6:55 am

Yep..1st board was a Paul Hunt couple years later got a Dewey Weber (should have kept that one)...get a few shark attacks at Goat Rock yearly and south at Bolinas which has a good break. Learned to surf at Cabrillo in San Pedro but surfed mostly at Bolsa Chica, Huntington Cliffs, Oceanside and Moonlight Beach...body surfed the Wedge a few times when I had a death wish..mostly a sponger now as we have a world class beach (Doran) for that when the swell is right... Most of the 60's Surf standards : Miserlou, Pipeline, Mr Moto, Surf Rider, Penetration, Moon Dawg, Baja, Latinia....ist surf band was Rip Curl 1963/64..now w/Paul and the boys, we're back in the curl...surf's up dude!

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 7:03 am

Hang Ten and Shoot the Curl Gremmie...La'Tinia is my all time favorite. Our Surf Band used to open for bands like the "Lively Ones" and " Eddie and the Showmen" I do miss those days at the Rendezvous Ball Room.. Never got to open for the Deltones, but we sure hung out there a lot on weekends. OBTW I still have my Dewey Weber Performer..10ft. with a red hatchet fin. I use it when I go on surfin' safaris to "Californ i a"

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:11 am

We opened for The Lively Ones also in Monterey Park..I was playing a St. George guitar through a Danelectro reverb into a Magnatone! Now we open for...us!

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:31 am

So you were a Valley Boy...

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:11 pm

San Gabriel Valley not the "other one!"

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:13 pm

I had a girl friend that lived in West Covina

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:35 pm

What's her name...just kidding....San Gabriel Valley is more like Alhambra, Monterey Park, El Monte, San Gabriel...my folks had a biz in East Los Angeles so I ended up surfing by day and often hanging w/low-riders evenings on Whitter Blvd...

sir_andrew_of_left_coast · Tue Sep 11, 2007 12:55 pm

Which "venue" in Monterey Park, George?

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:06 pm

The Rec Center at Barnes Park...at that time, The Surfaris and The Lively Ones pretty much traded off Sat gigs...Dick Dale even played there once. Also saw vocal groups there like The Rivingtons, Shirells..and others. Did you ever go there Andrew..did you tape out set..I hope not!

sir_andrew_of_left_coast · Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:54 pm

I've been to Barnes Park a few times; but rest easy, George... no tape exists to blackmail you.

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:24 pm

Whew...hah..did you live in the area Andrew..what years? Funny thing is you find old surf recordings of any kind and they go for big bucks..I've sold some. I sometimes think of recording a rehearsal on a reel to reel and ...nah..bad karma!

dale_fortune · Post by **dale_fortune** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:33 pm

You must have surfed Topanga Canyon and Pacific Palisades in it's day...I grew up on Venice Beach 3rd and Westminister, just a short walk to Muscle Beach..Vic Tanny and Jack LaLane

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:55 pm

Really never went very often to the south bay etc. Huntington more than anywhere..the cliffs, the pier and Bolsa. Overnights to Moonlight or Swamies...know there are good breaks at the places you mention...

shamustwin · Post by **shamustwin** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:10 pm

kenposurf · Post by **kenposurf** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 3:40 pm

Rick Griffin eyeball...his earlier stuff (Murphy) was pretty cool too..though I guess he is known mostly for his psych stuff...cool