1968 Gilgo Beach AAAA

"Gilgo Beach Championships," Mickey Gose, Surfing Magazine, Jan 1969

The Gilgo Beach Championship Contest, held August 17th and 18th at Gilgo Beach, Babylon, New York, was a well-organized meet. But that doesn’t actually mean a successful contest, does it? Not by any means, if we take it in context. Many, many factors enter into a contest. Foremost and most important, naturally, are the waves. Were they there? On Saturday, August 17th, they were there—not the best in the world, but not the w...