The surf stoke was tangible throughout the 70’s in Pensacola.
Roger Wood, from Jax Bch, attended UWF in the late 70’s / early 80’s and once observed “when the east wind starts blowing there is this electricity in the air. You can just feel it!” It was so true!
In my mind Yancy III and Bzr Turner were leading the pack. One of those guys in the pack was Harry Allen. I remember Harry riding Hank Warner and Skip Frye eggs, and driving a VW van. He was good friends with Wendell Magaha and Mike Stachow. He seemed to always wear a smile. Unfortunately Harry left this earth way too early.
Dave Skelton captured this shot of Harry in January 1975.