THE HODAD IN THE MIRROR

The "bad element" was scolded on the regular in American surf mags during early '60s. Editors spooned out the pontification like castor oil. Open wide and swallow—it's for your own good. And it wasn't just the hooligans getting lectured; the rest of us were on the hook too. "It is your responsibility," a 1961 SURFER editorial said, "to continue the 'clean-up' campaign within our sport." What, or w...

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