Wise Surfboards founder Bob Wise ran his surf shop for a staggering 51 years, and changed the culture of surfing in San Francisco, but we now learn he passed away in late December.
In the surfer community of San Francisco and beyond, if you've been in it a good while, you probably knew about Bob Wise and his half-century-old surf shop at Ocean Beach, Wise Surfboards.
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