Comments on: Cape Fear Surfing: A Local’s Nostalgic View http://www.groveproject.org/2010/01/08/cape-fear-surfing-a-local-nostalgics-view/ A concentration of local citizen journalists Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:11:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Bill Edens http://www.groveproject.org/2010/01/08/cape-fear-surfing-a-local-nostalgics-view/comment-page-1/#comment-35386 Bill Edens Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:13:03 +0000 http://www.groveproject.org/?p=772#comment-35386 Dennis William. Why? My mother real mightily encourage me to become friends of Dennis William. Why? Dennis had a health problem when he was 13 or 14. He was bed ridden for almost a year. My mother hated to see him with no one to talk or pay with. At the age of 9 or 10 I would go to the Williams home on Sunset Ave. We would play board games and trade baseball cards. Dennis final got better and we could go outside and play and get some exercise… We played bat mitten till we both dropped. Dennis and I had one very important thing in common. If you remember me I was always up at the crack of dawn, so was Dennis. Surf's Up ...We would leave to the beach before the SUN was UP... Dennis William. Why?
My mother real mightily encourage me to become friends of Dennis William. Why? Dennis had a health problem when he was 13 or 14. He was bed ridden for almost a year. My mother hated to see him with no one to talk or pay with. At the age of 9 or 10 I would go to the Williams home on Sunset Ave. We would play board games and trade baseball cards. Dennis final got better and we could go outside and play and get some exercise… We played bat mitten till we both dropped. Dennis and I had one very important thing in common. If you remember me I was always up at the crack of dawn, so was Dennis. Surf’s Up …We would leave to the beach before the SUN was UP…

]]> By: Bill Edens http://www.groveproject.org/2010/01/08/cape-fear-surfing-a-local-nostalgics-view/comment-page-1/#comment-35385 Bill Edens Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:27:57 +0000 http://www.groveproject.org/?p=772#comment-35385 Thanks Peter. I own a home on Carolina Beach. http://www.vrbo.com/157149#comments I will give you a heads up the next time I am down, or give me a call. Bill Edens 1 800 584 9018...Herb Walker Is one of my best friend you can call him also 910 784 7497 Thanks Peter. I own a home on Carolina Beach.

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I will give you a heads up the next time I am down, or give me a call.
Bill Edens 1 800 584 9018…Herb Walker Is one of my best friend you can call him also 910 784 7497

]]> By: Peter Fritzler http://www.groveproject.org/2010/01/08/cape-fear-surfing-a-local-nostalgics-view/comment-page-1/#comment-35338 Peter Fritzler Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:21:18 +0000 http://www.groveproject.org/?p=772#comment-35338 Mr. Edens, I dropped you an email the other day. I enjoyed reading about your memories and will add you to the surfing archive at UNCW. If you're interested perhaps we can have coffee sometime. Cheers, Peter Fritzler Mr. Edens,

I dropped you an email the other day. I enjoyed reading about your memories and will add you to the surfing archive at UNCW. If you’re interested perhaps we can have coffee sometime. Cheers, Peter Fritzler

]]> By: Bill Edens http://www.groveproject.org/2010/01/08/cape-fear-surfing-a-local-nostalgics-view/comment-page-1/#comment-35300 Bill Edens Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:31:56 +0000 http://www.groveproject.org/?p=772#comment-35300 Susan, Sunset Ave the hill that drops to Burnett Blvd I always called it River Rd. Lots of 18 wheeler oil tankers. Same old wheels that were on our skates that board could hold 2 people. After one or two rides and almost getting hit, falling down with scrapes and cuts... I decided I would be the look out at the bottom of the hill…. Susan, Sunset Ave the hill that drops to Burnett Blvd I always called it River Rd. Lots of 18 wheeler oil tankers. Same old wheels that were on our skates that board could hold 2 people. After one or two rides and almost getting hit, falling down with scrapes and cuts… I decided I would be the look out at the bottom of the hill….

]]> By: Susan Taylor Block http://www.groveproject.org/2010/01/08/cape-fear-surfing-a-local-nostalgics-view/comment-page-1/#comment-35276 Susan Taylor Block Sat, 09 Jan 2010 17:32:34 +0000 http://www.groveproject.org/?p=772#comment-35276 Bill, You're quite the writer! I enjoyed that so much and I felt like I was right there watching all that. I recognized some of the names, but not all. My first thought about the skateboard hill was that it was Jackson Street, from Northern Blvd. to Sunset Avenue. I remember in the 1950s one or two kids broke their arms roller skating there, using those old kind of skates with keys. That hill wouldn't be long enough for y'all I guess. Susan Bill,
You’re quite the writer! I enjoyed that so much and I felt like I was right there watching all that. I recognized some of the names, but not all. My first thought about the skateboard hill was that it was Jackson Street, from Northern Blvd. to Sunset Avenue. I remember in the 1950s one or two kids broke their arms roller skating there, using those old kind of skates with keys. That hill wouldn’t be long enough for y’all I guess.
Susan

]]> By: Bill Edens http://www.groveproject.org/2010/01/08/cape-fear-surfing-a-local-nostalgics-view/comment-page-1/#comment-35252 Bill Edens Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:58:30 +0000 http://www.groveproject.org/?p=772#comment-35252 No...Lank will always be a guru. In my opinion his shop was the best surf shop south of Va. Beach and north of Coco Beach. For sure the best in NC. Remember he made my second surfboard. It was better than my Greg Noll. Best Regards, Bill No…Lank will always be a guru. In my opinion his shop was the best surf shop south of Va. Beach and north of Coco Beach. For sure the best in NC. Remember he made my second surfboard. It was better than my Greg Noll.
Best Regards,
Bill

]]> By: Genie Lancaster http://www.groveproject.org/2010/01/08/cape-fear-surfing-a-local-nostalgics-view/comment-page-1/#comment-35247 Genie Lancaster Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:41:15 +0000 http://www.groveproject.org/?p=772#comment-35247 Bill, you finally did it! You got your side of the story in about surfing from 1963-1965. I am glad that you did what you wanted to do. Does this mean that Lank and Harold, Sonny and Herman are no longer the gurus that started the surf board manufacturing on the beach? I am just kidding. The article is a great one. Happy new year. Love, Genie Bill, you finally did it! You got your side of the story in about surfing from 1963-1965. I am glad that you did what you wanted to do. Does this mean that Lank and Harold, Sonny and Herman are no longer the gurus that started the surf board manufacturing on the beach? I am just kidding.

The article is a great one. Happy new year.

Love,
Genie

]]> By: editor http://www.groveproject.org/2010/01/08/cape-fear-surfing-a-local-nostalgics-view/comment-page-1/#comment-35238 editor Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:39:23 +0000 http://www.groveproject.org/?p=772#comment-35238 Editor's note: This was submitted to the editor by a native Wilmingtonian now living in the DC area. Editor’s note: This was submitted to the editor by a native Wilmingtonian now living in the DC area.

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