GEORGE DOWNING TIMELINE: A LIFE IN SURFING

George Downing was a private person. He wasn't shy and enjoyed people's company, but he never opened his life up to journalists or reporters. In 2000 and 2001, while researching the book version of Encyclopedia of Surfing, I found almost no biographic information on Downing, and just a cursory interview or two. I'd talked to George a few times, casually, never professionally, and knew that he'd as...