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Topic Title: Surfer I'd needed
Topic Summary: 1st peak 1970s
Created On: 07/01/2022 07:53 AM
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grdsurf

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My apologies on misspelling Dick Pollock's last name. There are a couple really old surf mags with some very good photo's of the Sebastian Inlet including a few of Monster Hole. One article was titled "I Love Cocoa Beach" and it had some insane pictures of first peak with Mike Tabling and Fletcher Sharpe. It mislabeled some of the pictures as Shark Pit. I think MT might have written that article but not 100% sure. Also another article titled "Florida in 250 Words or Less" and I think Gary Propper was the lead on that one. That article included a couple priceless pictures that showed just how good it was. There was a picture of Dick Catri on a giant perfect right at Monster Hole, another picture of Buzzy Foye on a beautiful lime green wedge, another pulled back picture showing a long period swell creating a "first peak" wedge that due to the long interval is shifted way to the north and it was very open angled wedge unlike the tight over wedged waves that plagued it before it's final demise in 2005 or so. The was another pictorial that Alan Margolis did that called it "Morning Side Drive" which was probably around 75'. It had some great pictures of 1st peak with JC, Greg Loehr and Doug Wright. Besides the jetty rebuild I think the sand accumulation all around the inlet is what ruined it. Early on it was really deep all around the inlet.

Edited: 07/05/2022 at 05:22 PM by grdsurf
 07/04/2022 01:59 PM
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StirfryMcflurry

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it truly was, better back then &
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crankit

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"I Love cocoa beach" title was a hope to not name 1st peak and spanny to the masses as the word was getting out, and the picture of Fletcher compressed at the bottom of that wave was awesome!

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grdsurf

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I recall another 1st peak photo of Gary Chapman in one of the magazines and it was probably the biggest photo I've ever seen of the inlet and it was thick and jacking. I'm not sure but was Gary "Owl" Chapman's brother? First time I surfed the inlet at ~ age 13 we got there at what must have been high tide and it was almost breaking on the beach but we when out anyway. As the tide dropped suddenly a legit 1st peak jacked up and Dennis Bubb dropped in backside and destroyed the wave. Coming from Cocoa Beach it might as well been Pipeline I was so blown away as I'd never seen anything like it.
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