PAUL STRAUCH TRIBUTE: "HE WAS THE BEST SURFER IN THE WORLD. NOBODY ELSE WAS EVEN CLOSE. IT WAS LIKE STAR TREK"

The best part of my week was making this video of Paul Strauch. In the end, though, it doesn't fully do the man justice. Yes, you can see that he's a master. But nothing here quite gets you to full-strength, Grade-A Strauch. How good was he? Barry, you start. * * * Paul Strauch was the best surfer in the world. Nobody else was even close. It was like Star Trek. His bottom turn was just the most ...