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		<title>The Lost Page: Greg Pautsch and McCoy surfboards U.S.A.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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1978 was a renaissance for beach and youth culture.  Punk had killed corporate arena rock, ushering in one of the most creative decades of pop music,  and surfing was emerging out of single fin cruising into a ultra competitive and highly experimental phase. The tales told in corporate surfing magazines would have you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Bullock: Surfboard builder, surfing memories and being from Pensacola</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Rick Bullock has been shaping surfboards for over 30 years and like many surfboard builders has his own theories and outlooks on the art of surfing and board building.  Having shaped for some of the best surfers in the world as well as every day local surfers he has vast experience in a variety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brian Waters: Pensacola Surfing and board building Icon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 21:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Every Surfing community has it&#8217;s originators and it&#8217;s icons. In the the Pensacola community,  Brian Waters is one such Icon.  For many of us who grew up surfing in the Pensacola area,  Brian Waters surfboard label islander  would be one of the first surfboards we might purchase.  Hanging out at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eric Jones of Revolver discusses owning a local Record store</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 03:11:31 +0000</pubDate>
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Eric Jones has has been a personality in the Pensacola area for almost 24 years. Either from his time working in the now defunct &#8221; Sound Box &#8221; of the early nineties to his thirteen years as owner operator of the Pensacola landmark &#8221; East Hill CD. &#8221; Having had his location sold out from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Bullock: Surfboard shaping, influence and Pensacola</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 17:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
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Rick Bullock has been shaping boards for over 30 years. Having been the head shaper for Florida surfboard company &#8221; Spectrum &#8221; during the height of one of the surfboard industry&#8217;s largest eras Ricky has seen more than his share of mowed foam and fads. This is part one of a series on Rick&#8217;s and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An old and almost forgotten interview with Mark Foo</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
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This interview was conducted by Gerry Blanck who has been a Karate trainer in the L.A. area for years.    Gerry and original Pensacola local surf shop owner and surfing celebrity had a major influence on Mark Foo&#8217;s life.  I think Gerry, being the humble person he is has always been a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Larry Allison: One of the Last American Professional Fin makers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:48:56 +0000</pubDate>
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In the early seventies, a young surfer named Larry Allison  took a job jig sawing fins behind San Pedro Surf and sport.  Little would he know, almost  forty years later,  he would be one of the last truly American fin manufactures, working out of the same shop with the same people.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roger Hinds: The thinking man&#8217;s shaper</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:19:42 +0000</pubDate>
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There are hundreds of surfers in the world who build surfboards with varying degree of quality.  Roger Hinds is a surfboard builder of the old school.  The school where you learned how to do every aspect of building a board and could put it all together to create a functional work of art. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steve Forstall: last of a dying breed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last ten minutes of shaping a surfboard is what sets my boards apart from the average surfboard on the racks.  It's the reason my boards get the first looks.  I take the extra amount of time to tune in the details to make them aesthetic as well as functional.   It's not that hard to take the extra time,  and give the customer paying you for your talent the extra effort.]]></description>
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