Thursday, May 5, 2011

Black Surfing Association

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In the early 1940's the tall, handsome and athletic Nick Galbadon first learned to surf on a 200 foot roped off stretch of Santa Monica Beach established for Negroes only, called the inkwell. As The 1940's drew to a close Nick began showing up regularly to surf the perfect waves at Malibu beach.
In time Nick was accepted without question into the small and prestigious group of Malibu locals. To them Nick was known as "a handsome, well liked guy with great surfing ability". Legend has it that Nick was a particularly strong guy and would try to stay in the water all day and until late in the evening.


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