Word: surfer
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Punishment may seem an ill-fitting strategy for a genial fellow who was a surfer dude as well as a jock in his California teens. But Fox's German-American mom and Vietnam-vet stepdad taught him discipline and focus, which he needed as he took 15 college and pro coaching jobs in 25 years. (His wife Robin spent their honeymoon in the stands as Fox coached in the U.S. Football League.) So he knew hunger when he came to Carolina. "Losing 15 games in a row, everybody had scars. They were ashamed and embarrassed, and willing to do anything...
...like a person that just quit surfing after this, I wouldn't be a real surfer." BETHANY HAMILTON, 13, who while surfing in Kilauea, Hawaii, last month had her arm bitten off by a shark...
...Raftery’s defining trait, a messy mop of vintage Pacific coast blond hair, makes him look more like a surfer dude than anything else...
...Chris definitely has the SoCal surfer look happening right now,” says linebacker and Mather house blockmate Juano Queen, “but underneath that shaggy mop of his, there are some brains...
Altogether, such unorthodoxy fits Chris Raftery like a glove. The wannabe-lawyer from Washington State with a surfer dude haircut is all about breaking molds...