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Discover how suring got its start on the North Coast Husband-and-wife authors to share stories, sign books at Cleanline Surf Shop SEASIDE — Cleanline Surf Shop will host a book sign- ing eYent ³2regon Sur¿ng North Coast.” Authors Scott and Sandy Blackman will be available from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, March 13 to auto- graph their books and share sur¿ng stories and memora- bilia with sur¿ng enthusiasts. Cleanline Surf Shop is locat- ed at 60 N Roosevelt Drive. The book, published by Arcadia Publishing, coves the history of the local North Coast surfing culture, which began in Portland, Seaside, Cannon Beach and Pacific City in the 1960s. Seaside teens discovered surfing in the summer of 1962 when they met San Di- ego, California, surfer Dana Williams. Stationed with the Navy at Tongue Point near Astoria, Williams recalls, “In 1961, I was surfing Fort Stevens, South Jetty, both sides and sandbars. In 1963 we were part of Hop- py Swartz’s USSA (United States Surfing Association) and the third club to form.” 1963 Seaside High School classmates and char- ter Seaside Surfing Associa- tion members Mark Hansen, Jerry Alto and Tibby Utter credit Williams with start- ing surfing around Seaside. More locals joined the SSA Anyo ne fro m a ny sta te , a g e 21 a nd o ve r, c a n purc ha se pro d uc ts a t M r. D o o be e s. After a long day Blewett Pass Farms Wonder Bud Salve soothes my aching muscles D AILY 10 AM - 7 PM 360-875-8016 Submitted photo courtesy of Jerry Alto Submitted photo courtesy of Mark Hansen Dallas Cook is featured on this Seaside postcard, surfing the Cove. A 1963 newspaper article from the Seaside Signal features members of the Seaside Surf- ing Association. Pictured are, from left, Jerry Alto, President Dana Williams, John Alto, George Nelson, Tibby Utter and Mark Hansen. Missing charter members not in photograph are Joe Camberg, Mike Zalk, Ed Hendrickson, Norm Wilcox, John Spence and Bill Forness. Seaside High School classmates and charter Seaside Surfing Association members, from left, Mark Hansen, Tibby Utter and Jerry Alto gather for a group picture. throughout the decade until the club disbanded in the late 1960s. Utter remembers, “We spent time at Dana’s Seaside house talking about surfing, girls, looking at Surf Maga- zines and drinking wine.” Alto remembers, “Dana was the key: He had a surf- board and was from San Di- ego.” Seaside High School stu- dent and SSA member Dallas Cook recalls, “I was living in Gearhart when I borrowed a Hawaiian Olo board from the Gearhart Hotel. I used it for a summer until Wally Pashal took it out and broke it. I was 16 in 1963 when George Daggatt, Needham Ward and myself (ordered) longboards that were deliv- ered by train. They were too big for the truck freight.” Personal recollections by Oregon’s North Coast pioneer surfers and their vintage photographs are fea- tured in the book. The Blackmans have lived their entire lives along the Oregon Coast. Scott, a Submitted photo courtesy of Dennis Smith This pro d uc t ha s into xic a ting e ffe c ts a nd m a y be ha bit fo rm ing . M a rijua na c a n im pa ir c o nc e ntra tio n, c o o rd ina tio n a nd jud g m e nt. D o no t o pe ra te a ve hic le o r m a c hine ry und e r the influe nc e o f this d rug . The re m a y be he a lt h risk s a sso c ia te d w ith c o nsum ptio n o f this pro d uc t. F o r use o nly by a d ults tw e nty-o ne a nd o ld e r. K e e p o ut o f re a c h o f c hild re n. Mr Doobees HD Specialty Cookies calm the savage in me every month m r d o o b ees@ g m a i l.co m Kush Farms Flower assures my day off is FANTASTIC Visit u s in RAY M O N D , W A. On Hw y 101 betw een Raym ond & South Bend M ile M arker 56 2870 Ocea n Ave Raym o n d W A 985 77 pioneer surfer, has been pho- tographing the evolving surf culture for 50 years. Sandy is a successful write and sto- ryteller. Together, the Black- mans have become the his- torians of Oregon surfing’s pioneer years. Their first book, “Oregon Surfing Cen- tral Coast,” and their Face- book page “Oregon Surfing: Past and Present” document the early history of the sport in the state. FREE AUDITION WORKSHOPS PREPARE FOR A COLD READING - SATURDAY, MARCH 12 TH Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm All Ages Welcome* Learn techniques to make a cold reading audition less nerve-wracking. PREPARING FOR A MUSICAL AUDITION - SUNDAY, MARCH 13 TH Time: 2:00pm - 5:00pm All Ages Welcome* Work on preparing a 1-minute audition song & musical audition prep. Visit coastertheatre.com/calendar/auditions for more information. R.S.V.P. to 503-436-0609 to insure a spot in the workshops. * Actors & Singers under the age of 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Visit u s a t m rd o o bees.co m fo r Ed u ca tio n - S a les - D isco u n ts March 10, 2016 | coastweekend.com | 21
