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THORN'S
TRIBUTE TO
OUR FRIENDS WITH THE LORD
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THE ENFORCER
RAY WON THE 1969 BREAKWATER CONTEST BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE COULD GET OUT
IN HIS HEAT.
SAID HE RODE THREE WAVE S AND CAME IN. RAY ALWAYS HAD PLENTY
OF STORIES TO TELL
AND WOULD KEEP YOU LAUGHING IN THE WATER. WE WILL REMEMBER RAY AND MISS HIS
MANY YEARS IN THE WATER AND HE SURFED TILL IT BROKE. RAY RECEIVED CHRIST
BEFORE HE
WENT TO BE WITH HIM.
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WE MISS YOU WAYNE!
Dear Friends & Family,
I thought you would like to know that our dear friend at
iFilm, has
posted my Dad's Surf footage...it is awesome...please take
a look
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2670474
Love & Aloha,
Tava
THE LEGEND WAYNE MIYATA
Hawaiian Surf
Club of San Onofre
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ANOTHER LEGEND WHO HAS CONTRIBUTED
SO MUCH TO THE SPORT WE ALL LOVE.
FOND FAREWELL
Thousands gather to say goodbye to Dale Velzy
In what many are calling the biggest gathering of surfing
legends ever, over 2000 folks gathered at Doheny State Beach on Tuesday to
attend the memorial service for master shaper and surf industry pioneer Dale
Velzy.
Dale Velzy
Sept. 23, 1927 - May 26, 2005
RELATED LINKS:
More images of memorial
Surfline Forums' Velzy Thread
Legendary Surfers: Dale Velzy, by Malcolm Gault-Williams
Special thanks to the
Surfing Heritage Foundation
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CLIFF BLACKWELL NOW WITH THE LORD
WE WILL MISS YOUR MORNING TRIPS TO HERMOSA PIER TO GIVE US THE REPORT.
A TRUE LOVER OF GOD'S OCEAN AND HE PROVED IT THROUGH HIS DEDICATION TO
HIS SPORT WHICH MANY OF US HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO SHARE WITH HIM.
CLIFF LEFT US THIS SONG THAT HE WROTE AND PLAYED GUITAR ON CALLED "WING
MAN".
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MARIO
***ABSENT FROM THE BODY PRESENT WITH THE LORD***
WE WILL ALL MISS MARIO AND HIS FRIENDLY ATTITUDE ON LAND AND IN THE WATER,
AND OF COURSE THOSE FIRST WORDS OUT OF HIS MOUTH WHEN HE PADDLED OUT
"HI GUYS! WELL LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER GREAT DAY OF SURF THE LORD HAS MADE
US."
