Naming Kelly's Cove
In 2010, Mark Lukach wrote a fine article for the Ocean Beach Bulletin about the annual reunion of surfers at Kellys Cove, Ocean Beachs northernmost meeting of sand and sea just below the Cliff House. Lore, legend, and some long memories identify this patch of rock, sand, and eddying swells as the birthplace of San Francisco surfing, where over the years inner-tube paddlers gave way to longboarders on wooden planks, who passed a metaphorical torch to todays neoprene-clad riders of fish-tails an...
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