HAPPY BIRTHDAY DALE VELZY! HAWK TRIBUTE VID 9/23/13

Sure, he’s been dead for eight years. But Dale Velzy is still surfing’s Most Interesting Man in the World. Flasks up, everybody. Happy birthday, Hawk!…

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