Aaberg, Kemp (1940 – 2022)

Smooth-surfing regularfooter from Santa Barbara, California; a Gidget-era Malibu icon and costar of filmmaker Bruce Brown's 1958 surf movie, Slippery When Wet. "The guy was flight and fancy incarnate," Tom Morey said of Aaberg. "He was very aware of the art of surfing. Grace and charm and art and beauty—those were Kemp’s virtues."

Aaberg was born (1940) in Peoria, Illinois, spent his early childhood in Boston, Massachusetts, and moved with his family in 1948 to Pacific Palisades, in west Los...