For a time, Pensacola surfers competed in the Southern Surfing Association – basically a Gulf surfing association that allowed those who did well to compete against others from the ESA, WSA, and HSA at the ‘74 US Championships, held in Cape Hatteras.
The featured surfer is Mark Foo, surfing Pensacola Beach. Pretty sure Dave Skelton took the 📷
Thanks to Bert Pittman for hanging on to this for almost 50 years.