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MISSION BEACH — They used to get kicked out of neighborhoods when they showed up to surf.

So it makes Floyd Smith chuckle that 50 years later, people gathered yesterday to celebrate the company he co-founded, Gordon & Smith Surfboards.

“The police would harass us: ‘What are you doing in this rich neighborhood?’ ” said Smith, 69 … Details

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