Gary Propper

Florida, 1996

I was a small-wave specialist. Riding choppy, shitty waves—that’s where I was at.

Quotes from this interview by Matt Warshaw were used for a 1996 Surfer's Journal articled titled "Green on Blue: Kelly Slater’s Million Dollar Deal, and Other Thoughts on Surfing for Hire." Propper was 49 years old. * * * You sold a ton of Gary Propper Model surfboards in '66 and '67, won a million contests, but you didn't have a super-high profile here in California, or in Hawaii. I never went...

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