“What you put in is what you get out.” – John Whitmore.
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Many thanks
Miles Masterson, March 2023
Donor List
A special thanks to the following people who have donated to the cause so far:
Dick Metz / Surf Heritage and Culture Centre, Laguna Beach, United States
Earl Krause, Cape Town, South Africa
Mike Frew, Durban, South Africa
Brian McLaughlin, Laguna Beach, United States
Pia De Villiers, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Cornel Barnett, San Francisco, United States
Ant Brodowicz, South Coast, South Africa
George Thomopoulos and Lorna Currie, London, United Kingdom
Matt Warshaw / Encyclopedia of Surfing, California, United States
Des Horn, Onrus, South Africa
Byron Loker, Cape Town, South Africa
Anthony Paitaki, Cape Town, South Africa
Richard Johnson, Bristol, United Kingdom
Cleeve Roberts, Cape Town, South Africa
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As a young amped outa my tree to be surfing grom I used to luv visiting with school mates and local Beta rd bakoven locals Martin van Geems and Tony Mansfield …somehow they always used to get one of the Ooms boards from underneath the house…..We were so little it took 3 of us to carry it…then we’d go and surf Barley Bay making sure it was returned before anyone noticed it was missing….had so much fun !!
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Classic story Glenn! John was such a perfectionist I reckon he probably saw the boards had moved a bit and knew what you ous were up to ha ha!
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