RANDY RARICK REMEMBERS 1972 WORLD CHAMP JIMMY BLEARS

Sam George once wrote that Jimmy Blears is surfing's "least-known world champion," and while I'll always wave the flag for disappeared two-time champ Sharron Weber, Sam ain't wrong. Blears won his title in '72, in San Diego, and all anybody remembers about that shitshow of a contest is that a board belonging to crowd favorite David Nuuhiwa was stolen, stabbed, graffitied, broken in two, and hung b...

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