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Riding a board through the surf is a little like going on hashish. The addicts-and there are 18,000 of them in the U.S.-have their own fashions in everything from haircuts (long, but not too long) to swimsuits (cotton, a size too small). They speak a lingo of words like "hook" (the lip of a breaking wave) and "tube" (the cavern under the hook) and "wipe out" (a spill into the boiling froth). They listen to apostles, who preach: "When the surf is good, you've got to go and get it. Work is secondary. Once...
Warming Up on Snow. The man who made his reputation in Makaha's big surf last week was Joseph ("Joey") Cabell, 25, a restaurant owner from Newport Beach, Calif., who summers in Hawaii. While 1,000 spectators watched from the beach, Cabell outclassed 349 contestants from as far away as Australia and Peru to win the International Surfing Championships. A trim six-footer (most top surfers are short) who has been at it since he was seven, Cabell keeps in shape during the winter by skiing on snow. The two, he says, are a lot alike...
...extra little button-on aprons and tops of the same material. But the pace setters will be more likely to show up in the strapless, wrapped-towel look-the suit that seems about to fall off any minute, but is so cleverly architected within as to be all but surf-proof. In materials, the newest notions seem to be the least aquatic: white kid, velvet, wool and suede...
AINSLIE BURKE-Kraushaar, 1055 Madison Ave. at 80th St. Eighteen tranquil landscapes-New England's surf, dunes, marshes and headlands-that are well-mannered but far from banal. Through...
Without a moment's hesitation the 5 ft.4 in., 110 lb. girl ran into the surf and swam to John's side. "Get out of the water. Get out of the water," he pleaded with her, even in his agony. Donna ignored his cries, pulled him toward shore with the aid of another swimmer. The shark followed, still in a murderous frenzy...