This is Tony Caruso, a Ft. Walton Bch guy. He and Dave Skelton were THE surf photographers for the Panhandle back in the 70’s. They put Pensacola Bch on the surfing map. Because of them we could travel with a bit of pride. When people asked us where we were from, they could then vaguely relate to us because they had seen photos of good waves in Surfer or Surfing Magazines of Pensacola guys like Yancy Spencer III, BZR Turner, JB Falbo, Dirk Wood, Rick Settlemire, Brian Waters, etc.
This photo was from a 1976 Katin Surf Trunks ad on the back cover of Surfing Magazine.