Carwyn Williams
North Shore, 1988
I went to Catholic school. It was strict. I couldn’t ditch to go surfing, which was a shame. In five years, I only managed to ditch twice.
Quotes from this interview were used in “Carwyn Williams: Another Place, Another Time,” by Matt Warshaw, which ran in the May 1989 issue of SURFER. Williams was 24.
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Tell me about your parents.
My father used to work in the coal mines, and before that was a hot rugby player, one of the best in the country. He’s worked really hard all his life, and he begrudges me what I do because of that. He’s a long way from retiring.
How old is he?
53
What’s he do now?
He and my mom run a bed and b...