Dale Dobson

San Diego, 1968

The experimenting is over for me. There is no place to go but up. I have that kind of confidence in my ability.

All quotes below taken from “Man With a Mission: Dale Dobson,” an uncredited profile that ran in the August 1968 issue of Surfing magazine, when Dobson was 21. The version has been shortened and edited.

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FUTURE IN COMPETITION
The experimenting is over for me. There is no place to go but up. I have that kind of confidence in my ability. I won’t regress.  I’d like to build myself as high [in the ratings] as possible, but I’ll know that point when the time comes. When I’ve achieved what...