tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289837270278241948.post1985585060474241690..comments2024-03-28T12:51:43.585-07:00Comments on SURFMATTERS: From Tom T.Paul Grosshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02614071361550493917noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289837270278241948.post-8579373278296472842008-11-08T21:48:00.000-08:002008-11-08T21:48:00.000-08:00I don't think Don gives much thought to his fins.I...I don't think Don gives much thought to his fins.<BR/><BR/>In Drew Kampion's words: Don Redondo is a sort of beach bum with a beach house. To some he would appear to be a throwback to the bygone era of 1960s surf culture wandering in the twilight zone between Kennedy and Nixon, between Dick Dale and Led Zeppelin; to others he’s a mythopoetic retro-dude rescued from some beach-town alleyway on the way to That Seventies Show. In fact, he is Don Redondo, the legendary Malibu surfing Kahuna – a New Jersey transplant with a West Coast philosophy and an East Coast attitude. He is a man of infinite wisdom and great stupidity, a man whose grasp is greater than his reach, and his reach is longer than both his arms put together, and then some.Tom Threinenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12795470012565428347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289837270278241948.post-63236288079299188422008-11-08T20:44:00.000-08:002008-11-08T20:44:00.000-08:00Tom, I was going to ask when Don was going to sho...Tom, I was going to ask when Don was going to show up on a mat! Looks like you are way ahead.<BR/><BR/>Thanks<BR/>Brucepranagliderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07936332444971443669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289837270278241948.post-7914061701760744662008-11-08T13:26:00.000-08:002008-11-08T13:26:00.000-08:00Great stuff, Tom!One thing, though...Don Redondo u...Great stuff, Tom!<BR/><BR/>One thing, though...Don Redondo uses Churchills?Paul Grosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02614071361550493917noreply@blogger.com