Corky Carroll

by Corky Carroll Today I would like to tell you about Bob Abbott, my pal and mentor.  I first met Bob back in the late 1960’s when I was surfing at Cottons Point in San Clemente, in front of the infamous “Western White House,” former summer home of President Richard Nixon.  He showed up one day with Steve Bigler.  Bigler was one of the top competitive surfers at that time.  The three of us had a great session surfing together.    Fast forward to the mid 1990’s.  I was teaching tennis at that...

by Corky Carroll Last time I opened a little series that I like to call “surf lifers.”  A surf lifer is one of those people who have a love of surfing and one way or another found a way to put together a life around being able to surf and/or be a part of the surfing culture.  Naturally I used myself as a prime example of this kinda creature.  Today I am gonna tell you about a few more of my favorite Orange County surf lifers.    First off is Jeff Alter.  This is the younger son of the...

We have a number of extremely cool lifers here in our beautiful Orange County, and I am gonna talk about a few of them.  There are many more for sure, but these are ones that came to mind off the top of my head.