THE ICEMAN ABIDES - A SHORT INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD SCHMIDT (2014)

For all of us entitled Southern California kids brought up on warm chest-high beachbreak waves, Steamer Lane in Santa Cruz felt like it was located just this side of Mordor. Lane waves were triple the size of our local break, the water was 15 degrees colder, the locals 20 pounds heavier and three times gnarlier. Cliffs, rocks, sharks, kelp bulbs like shrunken heads knocking against the bottom of y...

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