tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95926286928676389.post6491090058779263733..comments2023-11-24T00:11:46.014-08:00Comments on Surfing Heritage & Culture Center: Campbell SurfboardsSurfing Heritage Foundationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17021966477667482017noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95926286928676389.post-40327591048198949142012-06-28T18:08:27.223-07:002012-06-28T18:08:27.223-07:00My father moved us to Eau Gallie(now Melbourne), F...My father moved us to Eau Gallie(now Melbourne), Florida in the winter of 1957-1958. It wasn't long before I bought my first board, a Malibu sold by J.C. Penney's, and hit the surf around the old Canova Pier at the end of Eau Gallie Causeway. It wasn't a year before I bought an Atlantic that was made by a company named Surfco which was on US1 between Eau Gallie and Rockledge, in the industrial park just west of the Florida East Coast railroad. Jim Campbell had just settled in his place at the Melbourne Airport and everyone started buying his Campbell boards, including me and my brother. We met Dick Catri and Jack "Murph the Surf" Murphy back then surfing Indianatlantic and south in places like "Spanish House", "The Wells", "Sharkpit" and of course "Sebastian Inlet". Gary Propper, Fletcher and Cha Sharp were tearing up the surf north at Canaveral Pier in Cocoa Beach. Saw Bruce Brown's "Endless Summer" at the Cocoa Beach Playhouse. Went to junior college, in Cocoa with Bruce Valluzzi before he left for California and Hawaii. Loved going to the yearly surf meet at the Canaveral Pier. Moved back to Pennsylvania in 1995 but have kept track with what is going on via the internet. There used to be a guy we called the "Flying Dutchman" back then and I wondered if maybe Dick Catri of Murph might have known where he got off to. Shaggs Surf Shop was a constant place to get info on the newest and the juice bar ripped. Thank you Dick and Shagg for all the great pleasures many years ago.<br />Robert "Bob" CaughieRobert "Bob" Caughienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-95926286928676389.post-24781114416434828212011-06-23T23:10:21.782-07:002011-06-23T23:10:21.782-07:00My brother and I bought a surfboard from Jim Campb...My brother and I bought a surfboard from Jim Campbell from his shop on Long Island in 1968. One of the first "miniboards" , 8'6" Jim was driving a "56 Ford Woody then.<br />I came to Santa Barbara with Jim in '71 and we met Jeff White then, Jim worked here with Mark Andreni for a while, and I think he worked with Yater in the 60's. <br />Pray 4 Surf<br />Jenny JettAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com