Carlsbad’s legendary surf photographer LeRoy Grannis celebrated his 90th birthday with 150 of his friends at the Oceanside Community Center Sunday August 13, 2007. And as one would imagine, along with his wife of 67 years Katie, and son John there were a lot of legends in the crowd as well.
Donald Takayama, a five-time U.S. surfing champion and renowned board designer, said he first met Grannis in his native Hawaii. “LeRoy took a picture of me when I was a little kid surfing without any clothes on in Hawaii,” Takayama said. “LeRoy’s been an inspiration to me. (He is) one of the great surfers of yesteryear.”
On glassy mornings we still look outside the lineup hoping to see LeRoy, on his knees with his white floppy brimmed hat paddling by, but he’s not surfing any longer. Happy Birthday, Mr. Grannis. We’ll keep watching for you anyway.
[Link: North County Times]
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