Nat Young and Bob McTavish met in 1962, but didn’t become close friends until Young returned from the 1965 World Championships in Peru, and McTavish loaned him a stack of American R&B albums—an exciting new sound for the still-callow surfer.
Young also met George Greenough in 1965 and, like McTavish, he soon came to view the peculiar little straw-haired Yank as a surfing savant. The three formed a loose triumvirate in the name of improved performance, with an eye toward the 1966 World Champio...
