My Tales and Adventures
John Elwell and Tom Carlin at Sunset Cliffs 1949, a friend took the picture with my camera. The car is 1931 Ford Model A four door sedan. The boards are a hollowed out red wood plank and a reshaped plank by Simmons on top. A good comparison between the old planks and Simmons’ light displacement boards.
In the rear “Tub” of my 1932 Ford Phaeton I kept my diving gear a French Arbelette spear, my fins and mask and sleeping bag. The surfboard is a custom made Simmons board. These were good, fine days of freedom and not many people on the beach and highways—days of Watermen who dove for food, swam, paddleboarded, surfed and who were always stoked to see each other, no matter where you came from.
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