![]() Is there anything else you would like to add? I envy all the surfers and wish I could join them. ĭo you have any feelings about surfers and/or surfing today? I had to quit because I hurt my knee falling off my board and I had a steady job in the day and playing music at night. When was the last time you went surfing? If you no longer surf, what reasons contributed to this decision?Ĭan’t remember last time I surfed. No experience with dolphins or sea lions. Have you had any experience with dolphins or sea lions? While surfing? When I first learned to stand on my board, and later when I caught a good size wave between Palm and Figueroa Streets and rode it almost to California Street. įrom your time in the water, are there one or two memories that stand out from all others – people, waves, trips, equipment, etc.? I know of no one who made surfboards in this area. My brother, who was a lifeguard, gave me a paddleboard he had made by Austin Pearly, head of the Park Department. How (or from whom) did you acquire your first surfboard? Do you recall what you paid for this board? At that time what options were available to someone who wanted to acquire a surfboard, local or otherwise? Īt the time you started surfing, can you recall who the “older guys” were at local surf spots? Do you recall any early female surfers? Made up my mind I would learn to stand on it. Flores is 86 years young.Ĭan you describe the first time you went surfing, where this occurred, who was there at the time, and any feelings you have about that day? Flores worked at the Kellogg Seed Company, near the intersection of Front and Kalorama Streets. 44, No.3 (2000).īill Flores was born in Ventura on June 25, 1914, in the “next to the last house on South Palm Street – a few hundred yards from the beach.” He attended May Henning, Lincoln and Ventura High School and completed one year at Ventura Junior College. The Contributors and Interviewees arranged in the order they started surfing.īill Flores, MVC Quarterly Vol. Editor’s additions within the text are placed in information obtained outside of the interview proper is italicized. Only obvious errors in spelling have been corrected, and no attempt has been made to make these entries more uniform. They are presented, largely, in the form in which they were received. Responses to questions listed with each surfer are excerpts taken from recorded interviews and completed questionnaires. It’s interesting to think what has changed not just since surfing’s “heyday” but since this journal was published in 2000. ![]() The journal ends with Stan Fuji’s 2000 take on the future of surfing. Part II features local surfers who were interviewed and shared their fondest memories of learning to surf and how surfing has changed over the years. Last month we learned about the introduction of surfing to Southern California. With them all brought outside, just put them all in a nice pile around eachother, no need to be stacked, just close together.In this month’s Journal Flashback we continue with “In the Curl: The Evolution of Surfing in Ventura County” from MVC Quarterly Volume 44, No. Right, Left, Right (down the hill) Right, Left. 7- Right, Left (up the hill), Left, Right, Left. Straight, Right (down the hill), Right, Left. 6- Right, Left (up the hill), Left, Straight. Left, Left, Right, Right (down the hill), Right, Left. 5- Right, Left (up the hill), Left, Left, Right, Right. Right, Right, Right (down the hill), Right, Left. 4- Right, Left (up the hill), Left, Left, Left. Left, Straight, Left (down the hill), Right, Left. 3- Right, Left (up the hill), Straight, Right, Right. Right, Left (down the hill), Right, Left. 2- Right, Left (up the hill), Straight, Left. The gems are in no certain order, so I’ll just number each set of directions at each intersection, with them being left, right and straight directions from the entrance, then directions to get back as well. It’s easiest to grab the lantern with one hand, and use the other for the gems. You cannot go without this, as it is pitch black inside and you cannot see otherwise. When you head inside, taking the first left will get you the lantern. On the map, “Mountain”, once you get to the first red train car, head right along the cliff wall until it goes left and to a small plateau. Here’s a nice text guide for all of you that prefer these over watching a video, myself included.
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