PASSING IT ONSurfer: Dave & Chris Brown Location: Rincon Cove Year: 1980 Ten year old Chris Brown and his father, Dave, wading into the Cove. Chris was one of the first young Santa Barbara surfers to grow up watching Tom Curren shred Rincon, being raised on finely tuned Al Merrick surfboards and, perhaps most importantly, enjoying the full support of a dad who enthusiastically encouraged him to follow Curren's path. Small wonder, then, that Chris, after winning

enjoying the full support of a dad who enthusiastically encouraged him to follow Curren's path

dark peak chasing down Bobby Martinez

That’s a hero

Ships in October

Tommy went through so many boards during this period that he never had enough of his sponsor’s laminates

Quote from TSJ - By now

too formulaic

Year: 1982

that other local master of style and flow who first drew my lens over 40 years ago

preparing to throw themselves into the lineup at the Santa Barbara Harbor’s Sandspit during one of the 1983 El Niño’s biggest swells

Print image area: 21" x 13 3/4"

capture him on the cusp of greatness