Ron Marlett with his surfboard in 1967.

1967

In the summer of 1967, Ron Marlett bought his first surfboard and began his surfing career that lasted 12 years. The surfboard was a used 50-50 longboard made by Hansen Surfboards. Two years after this photograph was taken, Ron cut the 10-foot longboard down to a 7-foot board so that he could join the shortboard revolution already flourishing by 1969.

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