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- Collection: Oral History Collection
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…
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…
John Walker started surfing in North Carolina and also surfed in Panama. In 1974 his company transferred him from Winston-Salem to Fort Lauderdale.…
Matt Jeffs moved to St. Augustine with his parents in the early 1970s. Jeffs began lifeguarding in 1978 and became a member of the elite lifeguard…
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…
Mary K. Shaw and Beth Shaw Masters are the sisters of surfer Hugh Shaw. The sisters started an annual longboard competition, the Hugh Shaw Memorial…
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,…
Rick Zappone came to St. Augustine in 1981 to attend Flagler College. Zappone surfed at a competitive level and later became a representative for…
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…
Greg Rockwell began surfing with his family in Cocoa Beach, Florida on vacations. He attended Flagler College, and as a college student he surfed…
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…
Lester Goode is a native of St. Augustine and one of the first people to start surfing at the St. Augustine Beach Pier. In 1967, he became injured…
Smiley Sturgis is a pastor at Good News Church in St. Augustine. He moved to St. Augustine in 1965, where he started surfing. He discussed local…
Joe Boles is an attorney at law in St. Augustine who served as mayor of the town from 2006-2014. Born in North Carolina, Boles moved in the…
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…