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Surfing on the Cape Fear Coast and Sharing People Find It Hard to Separate Their Surfing Were Born After 1950 and Know Little Or Nothing the Facts with Readers Surfing on the Cape Fear Coast By Joseph “Skipper” Funderburg Slapdash Publishing, LLC Carolina Beach, North Carolina, USA May 2008 ii iii iv v Surfing This book is dedicated to my wife Sh a r i an n ar n o l d Fu n d e r b u r g on the Our two children: Sa r a h ru t h Fu n d e r b u r g Jo S e p h Wi l l i a m Fu n d e r b u r g Cape Fear who have inspired me with their Coast love and devotion. It is also dedicated to my father, Wi l l i a m Sp u r g e o n “bi l l ” Fu n d e r b u r g , Sr. by and the memory of my mother, Joseph el S i e Cl a i r e Fe r g u S Fu n d e r b u r g , my great aunt, “ S k i p p e r ” eS l i e ri S l e y Ke e n Funderburg and my brother, Wi l l i a m Sp u r g e o n “bu d d y ” Fu n d e r b u r g , Jr. Published by: 311 Florida Avenue Carolina Beach, NC 28428 910.232.0604 [email protected] www.carolinabeach.net Copyright © 2008 by Joseph Funderburg ISBN: 978-0-9792431-2-7 First Printing: May 2008 A list of photo credits, constituting a continuation of the copyright page, begins on page 136. viii ix Table of contents 1 Preface 15 Introduction 23 History Buff 31 The Beginning 35 Secret Spot 38 Early Years of Wave Riding 46 They Ride Surfboards 59 Wrightsville Beach Surf Club History 72 Wrightsville Originals Reunion 74 Wrightsville Beach Jetties and Berm 79 Carolina Beach & Kure Beach Surfing History 93 Fort Fisher Cove Surfing History 98 Surf City & Topsail Beach Surfing History 99 Long Bay Surfing History 100 Onslow Bay Surf Team 105 First Female Contemporary Surfers 110 Hobie Cats and Product Expansion 110 Water Skiing, Marine Technology 114 Butch Van Artsdalen 115 Dewey Weber 119 Surf Movie Productions 121 Author’s Roots Surfing on the 1 Cape Fear Coast 2 preface To your author, writing about pioneer surfing riences that I have lived through. Like anyone I felt part of my work would be a persuasive es- history is similar to putting a puzzle together. else, if I had my druthers, I would take certain say. I created a book that proves a point, which As I am a piece in the puzzle, my work is to things out of my life, but not my surfing and may change the readers opinion and or clarify ponder over how all the pieces fit together, in waterman experiences. the issues. The process of causing someone an effort to understand and solve it. Pioneer to change their mind is difficult. You have to My task included, intertwining the review of, surfing history has already been marked deep- think clearly about how you stand on the mat- official town minutes, school year books, oral ly into the soul of the first handful of surfers, ter, plan your approach, use strong evidence, histories, photographs, motion picture film, through the hundreds of surfboards they have and understand the topic. Surfing heritage is public records, maps, nautical charts, court built and thousands of waves they have ridden, important to many people. I embrace the past documents and newspaper articles. The work hunted and mined. and look forward to the future. My work is of documenting surfing history requires both merely one of the many initiated needs to help The seminal event that triggered your author’s background telephone interviews and face to surfers and others understand, appreciate and writing, was my brother’s untimely death in face conversations with all sorts of people. benefit from the surfing communities long and 1996. The connection between that tragic loss Many, but not all of them forthright, willing, ar- interesting past. It is my mission to develop of a loved one and dramatic impact on my fam- ticulate, prepared or amiable. It is a struggle projects to recognize and increase awareness ily life, created the power of origination and for me, as an amateur historian to attempt to of the Cape Fear Coast pioneer surfer’s con- ability to write. As well, a traumatic childhood relay information from tacit knowledge. To pull tributions and identify significant activities in around the sea is a gift that keeps on giving to unarticulated information out of people, then local surfer history. a writer. Your author has a naturally curious na- get it down as explicit written knowledge, is a ture, so I enjoy learning about the development tough nut to crack, to say the least. Sometimes Many of the current Cape Fear Coast surfers of surfing on the Cape Fear Coast and sharing people find it hard to separate their surfing were born after 1950 and know little or nothing the facts with readers. There are two very spe- memories, so the interrelatedness of all of it is about valid local surfing history. It was a fabu- cific and different readers – the learned society complex. Although at times it was particularly lous start from all the good vibrations created and scholarly historians. For the most part, I painful, I recognized the fact that once the old- by the original pioneer surfers and it needs to wanted the book to be interesting and infor- er surfers pass away, their memories and tacit be remembered that way. I see it as a much- mational to the learned society. As I write, a knowledge are gone, just gone forever. I had needed entity in the surfing community. certain contentment settles over me. My writ- to do it myself and I became reinvigorated by ing pen is not possessed, nor do the words and the work. It is time for that belated praise. phrases flow out of me like a flood. The words September 2007. leak out. I decided to write a narrative of expe- Ultimate Quiver A quiver of surfboards is a requirement of the author, based on his love of cornucopia surf. Obligatory are his magic, good all around long boards for mid- size waves and full on guns for big wave riding. Prepared surfers are in a state of readiness for any type of surf. 10 1960’s 9 Surfing on the Cape Fear Coast Surf Ads Surfing on the 11 Cape Fear Coast 12 Kathryn Hoffman A genuine Carolina Girl Surfing on the Cape Fear Coast Back in the Day 15 Surfing on the 16 Cape Fear Coast Introduction This is your author’s first published book on It was on the Cape Fear Coast our jovial little generate a connection between our local surf- Island. The south facing beaches of Long Bay The surfboard images in the book illustrate Cape Fear Coast surfing history. I am not a group held court with many friends and ad- ing heritage and our present identity of who are Caswell Beach, Yaupon Beach, Long Beach, types of surfboards used during different time professional journalist, historian or writer. It is mirers. We grew up at a unique time on some we are today. Holden Beach, Ocean Isle Beach and Sunset periods in the Cape Fear Region and other a nostalgic record, illustrated as a participant of the finest beaches in North Carolina. These Beach. Today, the beaches of Long Bay are areas. On certain occasions one may observe The Southeastern North Carolina coastline is with a first hand perspective. It is an educa- surfers athletic, but graceful surfing abilities, also known as the South Brunswick Islands or some of the vintage surfboards being used in known as the Carolina Coast or Azalea Coast. tional, entertaining work published for the pur- hot dogging skills combined with tricks won Brunswick County Beaches. the ocean. However, many of the surfboards Southeastern North Carolina is also known as pose of historic preservation. The book is not many surfing competitions and hearts, in the are too valuable or rare and would never be the Cape Fear Region, due to there proximity a complete history of Cape Fear Coast surfing early years. Some of the Cape Fear Coast’s for- The Cape Fear Coast is approximately 90 miles seen in the surf. Most of the surfboards are to the Cape Fear River and Cape Fear River history, but a collection of historical facts or tunate sons, daughters and favorite local surf- long, from the northern South Carolina state connected to the surfing legends and heroes Basin. According to the Cape Fear Council of legendary events. The majority of the book is ing heroes of the era, inspired gaggles of ener- line to the north end of Topsail Island, North that rode them, thus representing a direct link Governments, the Cape Fear Region includes written as a personal memoir. I have provided getic youngsters to fall in love with surfing and Carolina. The east facing beaches of Onslow within an era. In July 2007 Quicksilver Edition the counties of New Hanover, Pender, Brunswick an insightful, accurate, credible and well orga- the waterman approach to life. We are distin- Bay are approximately 55 miles long. The south Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction was held and Columbus. It is noted, Columbus County nized record, based on information available at guished as the first contemporary surfing pio- facing beaches of Long Bay are approximately in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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