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Tory Strange is the owner of the Surf Station Surf Shop on Anastasia Island in St. Augustine, Florida. He created the Surf Station’s Surf Report, and is also a designer of surf boards. The Surf Station and is a beloved local surf shop and has…

Vaughn Cochran is one of the first surfers in St. Augustine’s modern era of surfing. He described his memories of surfing in St. Augustine in the early days. He now owns Black Fly Restaurant, Black Fly Outfitter, and Black Fly Café and is still an…

John Gamble was born in Cuba. After the Cuban Revolution, the Gamble family moved to New Brunswick, New Jersey. Surf movies inspired Gamble to try the sport one day. He discussed his surfing lifestyle and the many adventures he took part in, such as…

In 1966, Jeffrey Hollway moved to St. Augustine Beach to teach math at St. Augustine High School. He bought a used surf board and began surfing, often seeing his students at the beach. He discussed his fond memories of surfing at St. Augustine…

Ron and Lynn met working at a pancake house in Ormond Beach and married at age seventeen. They moved to St. Augustine in 1989 and opened up North Beach Surf Camp for a brief while in Vilano. Over the years they became surfing parents to many,…

Mike Greenwood made custom surfboards under his Greenwood label. He made an agreement with Blue Sky surf shop to sell his boards, where he had a loyal following. He stills enjoys surfing and fishing and shared his surf stories.

Elaine Davis is a legend in St. Augustine surfing history. At eight years old she moved to Florida with her family and started surfing around the age of fourteen. She attended Flagler College and then moved to Hawaii to pursue surfing for ten…

Zander Morton started surfing when he was five, inspired by his family. His family moved to St. Augustine to run the restaurant A1A Ale Works. He surfed for St. Augustine’s Surf Station, and O’Neill and Local Motion Surfboards sponsored him. He…

In his youth, David Farina spent time in surf shops to learn how to shape boards. At age 19, Surfing Magazine ranked him among America’s Top 30 “Up and Coming” shapers. Farina moved to St. Augustine and started Zion Surf Company. He sells Farina…

Jamie Davis started surfing when his father went out fishing. He moved to St. Augustine, Florida when he was twenty years old. He is one of three sons of surfing parents Ron and Lynn Davis who sheltered, mentored, and fed young surfers in the…

Patrick Madden started surfing in 1964 in Jacksonville. He moved to St. Augustine and surfed North Beach. He ran a surf shop out of Camachee Cove and later began making his own surfboards. His factory was north of town, close to the Autrey…

Rick Shiver spent his childhood surfing in St. Augustine until he moved to Hawaii. Upon his return to the continental United States, Shiver lived in Atlanta, GA and Daytona Beach, FL and continued surfing. He discussed the naming of various St.…

Rick Zappone came to St. Augustine in 1981 to attend Flagler College. Zappone surfed at a competitive level and later became a representative for several surfing brands. He discussed the Flagler College Surf Team, the NSSA’s first attempt at a…

Greg Rockwell began surfing with his family in Cocoa Beach, Florida on vacations. He attended Flagler College, and as a college student he surfed almost daily. He discussed territorialism, favorite surf spots, and the feeling of being with God out…

Bill Conner first starting coming to St. Augustine as a child to visit his grandparents. He surfed in the late 1950s with his uncle and brothers. He moved to Australia in 1970. He discussed surf etiquette in Florida and Australia, his friendships in…