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…
Walter Coker discussed his early years surfing in Satellite Beach, Florida. He also worked as a photographer at Folio Magazine, and spoke about the affects that beach re-nourishment has had on popular surf spots in St. Augustine.
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…
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…
Friends, Tom Alexander, Clint Porter, and Larry Schaeffer have surfed together since childhood. They discussed their early days surfing around Sixth Street on St. Augustine Beach, some of the surf trips they’ve taken, and how their families became…
Terry Strumpf was born in Detroit, Michigan, but moved at the age of two to Jacksonville, Florida for his health. There he began surfing Atlantic Beach, Ponte Vedra, and eventually Vilano and Blowhole.
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 spots, surfer style in high school; and the introduction of leashes and short boards to the sport of…
Ross Howatt was born in August of 1986 in Jacksonville Florida. He moved to St. Augustine as a child and he grew up surfing Vilano Beach. His father encouraged him and he competed on both East and West Coasts in his teens and twenties.
Ronnie Brown spoke about getting started surfing in his childhood, the community of surfers that existed in St. Augustine, and the lifestyle of surfers in the 1960s.
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,…
Robbie Wiles discussed his early progression as a surfer, from using a boogie board to then using different types of short boards. Further, he talked about his surf travels, his short-lived rap career, and what makes the St. Augustine surf community…
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…
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.…
Ric Schilling was born in Jacksonville, but he grew up surfing in St. Augustine. He traveled to surf in Hawaii, South America, and Puerto Rico. He was friends with many other local surfers and board shapers. He had a successful career as a…
Terry Drozd grew up in St. Augustine Beach and earned his reputation as a grommet of St. Augustine surfing. McDaniel began surfing in Vero Beach and became involved in the St. Augustine surf scene through his son. The two discussed what surfing has…
