Thanks, It was less than a mile from shore maybe 1/4 to 1/2 mile. Most paddled from the shore but some came from the jetty I was standing on, some from the harbor around the jetty and a few jumped off boats. There was twice as many people as you see in the picture.
I like this from Hobie.
In February 1954, with the first stage of the shop completed, Hobie Surfboards opened its doors after a total investment of $12,000. "People laughed at me for setting up a surf shop," Hobie remembers. "They said that once I'd sold a surfboard to each of the 250 surfers on the coast, I'd be out of business. But the orders just kept coming."[1]


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