The article ran in the February 1968 issue of Petersen’s Surfing. Dick Graham was Surfing’s publisher, editor, and top photographer; Duke Boyd, better known as one of the original surfwear magnates, was the magazine’s managing editor. This article below has been slightly edited and shortened. * * * The contest of all contests is over….
“WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1968 (WHATEVER THAT MEANS)” by DICK GRAHAM AND DUKE BOYD
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