For centuries, the ocean waters of the Atlantic have impacted the daily lives of those on the South Carolina coast. Beginning in the 1960s, those waves caught the imagination of young beachgoers who studied magazines and Super 8 films and refined their moves on rent-a-floats until the first surfboards became available in the area. The buildup to the Vietnam War brought GIs and their families from the West Coast and Hawaii to South Carolina, and their surfboards came along with them. Unbeknownst to each other, local surfers concentrated in the beach and military base areas of Beaufort/Hilton He... Read More
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For centuries, the ocean waters of the Atlantic have impacted the daily lives of those on the South Carolina coast. Beginning in the 1960s, those waves caught the imagination of young beachgoers who studied magazines and Super 8 films and refined their moves on rent-a-floats until the first surfboards became available in the area. The buildup to the Vietnam War brought GIs and their families from the West Coast and Hawaii to South Carolina, and their surfboards came along with them. Unbeknownst to each other, local surfers concentrated in the beach and military base areas of Beaufort/Hilton He... Read More
For centuries, the ocean waters of the Atlantic have impacted the daily lives of those on the South Carolina coast. Beginning in the 1960s, those waves caught the imagination of young beachgoers who studied magazines and Super 8 films and refined their moves on rent-a-floats until the first surfboards became available in the area. The buildup to the Vietnam War brought GIs and their families from the West Coast and Hawaii to South Carolina, and their surfboards came along with them. Unbeknownst to each other, local surfers concentrated in the beach and military base areas of Beaufort/Hilton Head, Charleston, and Pawley's Island/Grand Strand began to conquer nearby surf breaks. When contests finally brought these groups together, a statewide sport was born.
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Pages: 96
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of Modern America
Publication Date: 14th March 2016
State: South Carolina
Illustration Note: Full Color
ISBN: 9781467115131
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) SPORTS & RECREATION / Surfing TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
Author Bio
Lilla O'Brien Folsom and Foster Folsom were in that first wave of surfing-aware teenagers. Lilla is a local freelance writer who failed miserably at surfing and went to work at a local surf shop. Foster grew up on Folly Beach and began surfing in the early 1960s. They were directors for the Southern South Carolina chapter of the Eastern Surfing Association for five years. Their life is best described as "surf-dependent."
For centuries, the ocean waters of the Atlantic have impacted the daily lives of those on the South Carolina coast. Beginning in the 1960s, those waves caught the imagination of young beachgoers who studied magazines and Super 8 films and refined their moves on rent-a-floats until the first surfboards became available in the area. The buildup to the Vietnam War brought GIs and their families from the West Coast and Hawaii to South Carolina, and their surfboards came along with them. Unbeknownst to each other, local surfers concentrated in the beach and military base areas of Beaufort/Hilton Head, Charleston, and Pawley's Island/Grand Strand began to conquer nearby surf breaks. When contests finally brought these groups together, a statewide sport was born.
Pages: 96
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Series: Images of Modern America
Publication Date: 14th March 2016
State: South Carolina
Illustrations Note: Full Color
ISBN: 9781467115131
Format: Paperback
BISACs: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) SPORTS & RECREATION / Surfing TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional) PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical
Lilla O'Brien Folsom and Foster Folsom were in that first wave of surfing-aware teenagers. Lilla is a local freelance writer who failed miserably at surfing and went to work at a local surf shop. Foster grew up on Folly Beach and began surfing in the early 1960s. They were directors for the Southern South Carolina chapter of the Eastern Surfing Association for five years. Their life is best described as "surf-dependent."