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STEVE SHERMAN INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY DANE REYNOLDS AND STEVE SHERMAN   I first got to know Sherm when he started working for Surfing Magazine when they were in the same building as Astrodeck. In the twenty years Read More

GREYSON FLETCHER INTERVIEW BY JASON JESSEE INTRODUCTION BY DAN LEVY PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY   Greyson Fletcher was not just born into the world of skateboarding and surfing, he was conceived in it. To say he rips on a skateboard is an understatement. With raw speed Read More

MATT ARCHBOLD INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY HERBIE FLETCHER   I have known Matt since he was a teenager and thought, at that time, that fame fit him like a thrift store suit. He was consistently MIA and probably would Read More

DANNY FULLER INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY HERBIE FLETCHER   With a smooth and casual style in big waves and small, Danny is great to watch. He gets so deep in the tube at Pipe it’s amazing, and has earned the Read More

JUNE 2009 NEWS GRAVESIDE - Tippy ripping it up at Graveside in the final days of the DIY concrete paradise. Photo: Hank Foto www.hankfoto.com NIKE NEWS - Nike SB, The LA84 Foundation, and the City of Los Angeles Join Paul Rodriguez, Jr. to Open New Skate Park on Read More

STRETCH INTERVIEW WITH WILLIAM RIEDEL INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY ADAM WRIGHT and DAVID AUMENTADO   After being pronounced dead in March 1987 due to injuries suffered from a severe wind surfing accident, Read More

PETER MEL INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY HANK FOTOS   After his first taste of Big Wave riding at the age of 14 during a vacation to Sunset Beach, Oahu from his native stomping ground of Santa Cruz, California, Read More

EVAN SLATER INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY DJ STRUNTZ   Soft spoken, courteous and passionately interested in all aspects of surfing... That's the impression I got after the first few minutes of being ushered into Read More

ACTION SPORTS RETAILER SHOW 2008 ASR SEPT 2008 SAN DIEGO, CA SEPT 4-6 , 2008 PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY VIPS: Steve Van Doren, Steve Caballero, Kareem Campbell, Ray Flores, Eric Swenson, Stacy Peralta, George Powell, Jim Murphy, Ray Stevens II, Dibi Fletcher, Reggie Barnes, Mike Rogers, Read More

SUNNY GARCIA INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY JON STEELE   Born January 14, 1970, Vincent Sennen 'Sunny' Garcia was raised on the tough Westside of Oahu. Surfing professionally for twenty-three years, his personal and Read More

MIKE HYSON INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY ART BREWER AND HERBIE FLETCHER   By the mid ‘50s, Mike Hynson was surfing all of the local San Diego breaks and making a mockery of the images that the mainstream media Read More

MAKUA ROTHMAN INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY HANK FOTO AND DANIEL RUSSO   I didn't have the opportunity to know Makua very well until Herb and I moved into the house behind his Pop's. We lived there while I did research Read More

FAST EDDIE ROTHMAN INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY HAWAIIANSWELL.COM AND BETTY GUERRE   The name “Fast Eddie” conjures up many images for a vast array of people and many of those fantasies are probably in the realm of Read More

NATHAN FLORENCE INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTO BY WYATT TILLOTSON   Hey. Are you getting ready for school? Yeah. How are you doing in school? Good. What grade are you in? Eighth. How do you like your teachers? They’re Read More

JOHN JOHN FLORENCE INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY TOBY OGDEN and HERBIE FLETCHER   Hey, John John. This is Dibi. How are you? Hi, Dib. Sorry, I had to call you so early. I know you're getting ready for school. That's Read More

IVAN FLORENCE INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER INTRODUCTION BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY HERBIE FLETCHER and HANK FOTO   Hey, Ivan. How's it going? Good. What grade are you in? Sixth. How are you doing in school? Good. How do you like the teachers? Good. That's Read More

ALEX FLORENCE INTERVIEW BY DIBI FLETCHER PHOTOS BY HERBIE FLETCHER AND ALLEN MOZO Hi, Alex. This is Dibi. Did the boys get off to school okay? [Laughs] Yeah, they were all like, 'Mom, we can't wait to see Dibi.' Oh, that's really nice. So, I might as well ask, Read More

RICK GRIFFIN ART EXHIBITION RICK GRIFFIN ART EXHIBITION JUNE 23, 2007 @ LAGUNA ART MUSEUM - LAGUNA BEACH, CA PHOTOS BY DAN LEVY Heart and Torch: Rick Griffin's Transcendence June 24 to September 30, 2007 Heart and Torch: Rick Griffin's Transcendence, the artist''s first Read More