This is me at Refugio on a boogie board circa 1975. Photo taken by my brother Joe.
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- Johnny Linker / Joe DiOrio
- Healdsburg, California, United States
- Mayor: North Coast Chapter: johnny linker Regular Foot Longboard: The Rocket 9'2" Shortboard: The Wasp 7'2" Surf wax: Strawberry Scented Clay Local spot: Dillon Beach, Grand Avenue SWR Member: Joe DiOrio Longboard: Bluey 9'0" Shortboard: The Gobstopper 7'2" The Seedling 6'2" Surfwax: Sticky Bumps Local spot: Dillon Beach, Huntington Cliffs
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I believe we used to call this "The Cape." The other spot, the point, needed a bit more swell to get it going. But the Cape was a lot of fun. It was just fun to look at!
John, This is the point at high tide. You can see the palms up on the beach. The photo is taken from the cliff, atop the point (with the Exacta 500, an East German made SLR that I bought used at the El Segundo photo shop around 1969 to take surf slides - and also bought a cheap, used portrait lens - I think it was 120 mm - which we used as a "telephoto"). The cape is at the far south end of Refugio. I'll see if I can dig out an old photo. I was out at the cape on a boogie one day, all alone, when a seal joined me! Off the break of Refugio grow giant kelp beds that keep the chop down but bring seals in.
Actually, you can see the palm trees in the original, but in this cropped photo you can still see the shadows of the palms in the water near the beach.
Yes, now I see how close I am to the cliffs of the point and now I remember how when you catch a wave there, you usually stuck pretty close to the rocks.
I remember the cape fondly, a wider expanse of peaks.
By the way, that boogie was one of the first. You purchased a boogie "kit," consisting of a foam blank and a "Skin." You could shape the blank, and the you glued the skin on, and then sanded the seams smooth. The very first ones did not come with leashes, as I recall, and later we drilled holes and knotted one through. I don't know where this boogie is now.
Those were the best boogie boards ever, the kits. I remember those.
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