Carroll, Corky
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(VIDEO) Corky Carroll, 1970 twin-fin session, Cottons Point
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(VIDEO) Corky Carroll
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Laguna Masters awards banquet, 1965
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Cotton's Point, 1969. Photo: Art Brewer
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Huntington Beach, 1966. Photo: Ron Stoner/SURFER
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1966 World Championships. Photo: Ron Stoner/SURFER
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See Also
- books and surfing
- Endless Summer, The
- Hobie Surfboards
- hotdogging
- Huntington Beach
- Huntington Beach Surfing Walk of Fame
- Nuuhiwa, David
- paddleboarding
- Peru International Surfing Championships
- professional surfing
- Smirnoff Pro-Am
- Surf Guide magazine
- Surfer Poll Awards
- Tom Morey Invitational
- United States Surfing Association
History of Surfing
Above the Roar
Contributing To This Entry
Flamboyant goofyfooter from Surfside, California; winner of the United States Surfing Championships in 1966, 1967, and 1969, and the sport's chirruping master of media in the '60s, '70s, and '80s. "He's been cheered and booed," surf journalist Jim Kempton wrote in 1998, "reviled, honored, laughed at, accused and credited with everything from defiling the name of surfing to inventing the career of 'pro surfer.'"
Carroll was born (1947) in Alhambra, California, the son of an electrician, raise...