Katin, Nancy
Owner and cofounder of Kanvas by Katin surf trunks, one of the original surfwear lines; known from the 1960s to the '80s as the "First Lady of Surfing." As California surfer Mike Doyle later recalled, "Nancy was a little 89-pound lady who chain-smoked; very nervous and excitable, but the sweetest woman I ever met." Nancy Alexander was born (1900) and raised in Long Beach, California, and worked a...
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Nancy Katin, late 1970s. Photo: Bernie BakerSubscribe to view
Nancy Katin and Midget Farrelly, 1969Subscribe to view
Kavas by Katin store, Surfside, early 1970sSubscribe to view
Mike Purpus, 1973 Kanvas by Katin adSubscribe to view
Corky Carroll surfing in Katin trunks, 1966. Photo: Ron StonerSubscribe to view
Nancy and Walter Katin, 1966Subscribe to view
Nancy Katin, late 1970s. Photo: Bernie Baker
Nancy Katin and Midget Farrelly, 1969
Kavas by Katin store, Surfside, early 1970s
Mike Purpus, 1973 Kanvas by Katin ad
Corky Carroll surfing in Katin trunks, 1966. Photo: Ron Stoner
Nancy and Walter Katin, 1966