Ian Walsh was raised right down the beach from Jaws at a time when the fearsome break was the epicenter of big wave surfing’s tow-in revolution. Always aware of the wave, it took him several years to step up to it, but after that initial tow-in session his life — and career — as a surfer was changed forever.
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SANTA CRUZ — Harry E. Murray, an original Santa Cruz Surfing Club member who starred in many Plunge Water Carnivals at the Boardwalk, died Tuesday. He was 86.
Murray died in Mesa, Ariz., where he had lived for more than 40 years, his son said.
Harry Mayo of Santa Cruz, also an original club member, said Murray was a skillful surfer who was often in the water carnival.
“Harry was in it every Saturday for years,†he said. “And in the trapeze acts. They had synchronized swimming and high diving and fire diving and all kinds of acts OSHA would not approve of.â€Â  … More
In this second installment of the VitaBrevisFilms QuickCuts series, Pro Surfer Reef Mcintosh fills us in on becoming a pro surfer, surfing pipeline, and his thoughts on aerial surfing.
This is not a surf film, its a film about surfing.