Larmont, Mike

Surfboard shaper and board manufacturer from Durban, South Africa; the country's dominant boardmaker in the late '70s and early '80s. Larmont was born (1951) and raised in Durban, began surfing at age 12, and in 1972 was selected as a member of South Africa's team to the World Surfing Championships. In the years to come, as South African photographer Pat Flanagan recalled, "other surfers from Durb...