1968 Hermosa Beach AAAA
Winner(s):
Johnny Fain, Margo Godfrey
Governing Body:
Western Surfing Association (WSA)
From "World Contest Stretch," by Drew Kampion, SURFER, Nov 1968
And then the Hermosa Beach AAAA happened and blew everything apart. Skip Frye was scratched early, and the battle between Skip and Corky evaporated. But John Fain was there and seemed to step into Skip’s place. The final heat developed into a duel: Carroll vs. Fain. Fain milked the waves; milked them till they turned into sand, spending twice as much time on each wave as anyone else in the heat. Corky, usually quite at home in b...