FIRST-WAVE PROS: CORKY VS DAVID VS GARY. AND THE WINNER IS . . .

Most of us think pro surfing began in 1976, when the IPS jumped off Randy Rarick's kitchen table and took its first wobbly steps into the world. Or maybe a few years earlier, with the debut Smirnoff Pro-Am. But pro surfing goes further back. Jantzen paid Ricky Grigg $2,000 in 1964 to wear their not-very-surfy gear. New world champ Midget Farrelly earned pocket change from Philips, makers of Philis...

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