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Nag Head Pier, March 1972
Dressed in my new "DryDuck" suit ready to hit the cold water.

Surfboard builder Bill Frierson
with his classic VW van
and one of his first tri-fins
Nag Head Pier, March 1972
Where is Bill today?

Heading for the beach in our 1965 Covair Corsa
with my 9'6" Hobie
and Mike Tavares with his 10' Yater

Cape Hatteras lighthouse, October 1973. Big lefts (I'm 6'4" how big is this wave?), warm water & 3 guys out.
Me, Bill Frierson and Bruce Ragsdale who snapped the photos on this day.
Cape Hatteras lighthouse
same day, a huge, hollow wave.
Cape Hatteras lighthouse 1973
Dig my cool red stick.
Working the nose, summer 1967.
Nags Head, summer 1970
leaving the water with my brother Skip.
Here's a sight you'll never see again. This was taken from atop the Cape Hatteras lighthouse in 1967, before beach erosion and long before the lighthouse was moved 1/4 of a mile inland. This is looking south towards the Cape and Diamond Shoals.