Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Bunker Spreckels is my hero
Face it. You want to be Bunker Spreckels. Minus the early death, this guy did it right. My uncle was friends with him out on Maui and used to tell me about him. Bunker charged 20 ft outside reefs on 7'6" guns and 5'8" fishes. As if that wasn't cool enough he had loads of hot chicks following him around the world while he searched for waves. Yeah. You want to be this guy.
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i was around and surfed on kauai with him. he isnt someone to hero worship. oh i guess he is if you want to worship egocentric people. I have nothing against him. i just think there are other people to hold as a hero
mb
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I went to school with Bunker in 1967 at Cal Western University on Point Loma in San Diego. We were both freshman and he could be described then as a hippy surfer. He undoubtedly went to Cal Western because the surf was so good for San Diego and S. Cal. At that time he went by "Anthony." I talked to him a couple of time and found him to be very aloof and "soft." Girls loved him because he was good looking and also quite eccentric, even then. I am sorry he's gone. But he's one of these very bright stars that simply flamed out quickly.
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