Pal Al

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One of the leaders of the 1950s WindanSea pack, “Pal” Al Nelson’s been around.

Volume 21 Issue 1 (2012)

35.4
Riding the Crash

Santa Cruz’s surf-skate industrialist Rich Novak.

By Christian Beamish
34.2
Blue Antidote

Two intertwined surf lives marked by trauma—and…

By Michael Moore
33.2
The Brakes Kill. The Gas Pedal Saves.

Near-death experiences and point runners in the…

By Peter Maguire
32.5
Desert Sleds

Running WFO in an unauthorized Baja 500, Grubby…

By Gerry Lopez

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Volume 21 Issue 1

In this issue

Ben Marcus reexamines the 1968 World Contest in Puerto Rico, followed shortly thereafter by the mysterious specter that is ghost shaper Robert “Redman” Manville. On the backside Bill Fury divulges the secret to Hendrix’s “Foxy Lady,” a Coast Guard chief gets flogged for hanging inside the surf zone too long, and we come to find out that board bags may just be for the birds.

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