Larry has Esophagus cancer and is going thru Chemo. We are raffling off a Takayama Surfboard at GB Innerlight and all the proceeds benefit Larry. Tickets are $5 each or 3 for $10.

Local surfer Larry “Woody” Martin began surfing the shores of Pensacola Beach in early 1963. Larry enlisted in the Navy in 1965 as a 21 yo kid. His station was in Da Nang Vietnam where he was a night shift inventory clerk at a huge warehouse installation, where there was a hospital and a R&R facility the had a small shack and contained surfboards . . Larry was responsible for starting the China Beach Surf Club and building the club house. In the early 1990″s Larry was also affiliated with the TV series “China Beach” . After nearly 60 years in the water he still continues to surf these days at the place it all started ! Pensacola