Brian Waters and Dave Skelton doing business at Buck’s Surf and Sport in 1978ish – in the old Benson Building, at the Gulf Breeze stoplight. I wonder if Dave was buying a batch of Islander boards from Brian. Look closely and you will see an issue of Surfing Magazine. It was the issue announcing the making of Big Wednesday (which was released in 1978). A number of Dave’s photos are on the wall behind him. I love this photo. It was a time when you had to buy your surf stuff from a surf shop. The shop was sort of the cultural hub. If you weren’t buying anything, you could just “hang out” to find out what was going on, flip through the newest magazines, listen to the current surf gossip. If you hung around long enough, your friends would eventually show up. It was a fun time.