Homemade surfbords - Oct 1963

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Comment by Jennifer James Macneil on September 11, 2009 at 11:18am

My brother is great! He still lives in Alaska with his wife and two kids, Liam & Thea. They all come down to HI every year for a month or so - it's great to get to visit with them. I was in Sacramento in May and got to see Grandma Bobbi, Josh, Ryan, Patrick & Michael, Uncle Rich and my dad and they got to all meet Kirra. It was so nice.

Comment by Robert Patrick James on September 11, 2009 at 10:54am

At the same time my brother Rich was making surf boards in Oakland.
He probably surfed Santa Cruz with your uncles.
How is brother Matt ? Is he still in Alaska?
I haven't seen him since he was a teen ager .
Hopefully he'll get on board.
Pat

Comment by Jennifer James Macneil on September 11, 2009 at 10:22am

Yeah, I love this picture. I didn't bring any with me to Hawaii but my brother sent me this one. I believe my dad is on the very left and Uncle Rich is on the far right. They made this with Grandpa Richard in their garage.

Comment by Robert Patrick James on September 11, 2009 at 10:18am

That's so awesome!
I'm President of The Ocean Beach Historical Society.
We just had our 2nd program on local surfing history here it's so popular ( we had over 200 people show up. We decided to make it an annual event.
I'm totally into surfing history.
3rd from right looks like my brother Rich, I know he surfed Santa Cruz.
Do you know if it is?
A friend of ours father was one of the original Santa Cruz Surf Club members.
Thanks for posting it!
Cousin Pat