Larson, George "Peanuts"
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Peanuts Larson. Photo: Don James
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Peanuts Larson, Dana Point. Photo: Doc Ball
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Peanuts Larson (right) and EJ Oshier, San Onofre
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Peanuts Larson
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Peanuts Larson (right), Laguna, 1947
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Peanuts Larson, San Onofre, 1936. Photo: Don James
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History of Surfing
Above the Roar
Quirky pre–World War II surfer and boardmaker from Laguna Beach, California; a model for the irrepressible and irresponsible Southern California surfer. "He was the buffed, blond, attractive, intelligent California-surfer prototype," surf historian Craig Lockwood wrote. "A skilled shaper and designer, a free and adventurous spirit, a kind of surf-shaman, with an enduring nickname 'Peanuts.'"
Larson was born (1916) and raised in Laguna, and began surfing in the late '20s. During the depressio...