Starting with a 10-acre plot, Don Christopher’s ranch became the largest garlic grower in the nation and the offbeat Garlic Festival its signature promoter.
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‘Nothing has introduced more people to surfing than the Boogie Board’: Tom Morey opened the waves to the masses
A lifelong dreamer and tinkerer, Tom Morey created a stubby, lightweight bodyboard that changed beach culture forever. The Boogie Board delighted millions and enraged purists who suddenly found their favorite breaks as crowded as a freeway. Morey died last week at 86.
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Greg Noll, SoCal surfer and legendary big-wave rider, dies
Long before tow-in surfing, Greg Noll conquered Hawaii’s monster waves. The legendary big-wave rider has died at 84.