Surfing Culture Spreads in Alaska

FROM JACKSON HOLE STAR TRIBUNE: <a href="http://www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2005/10/01/news/regional/4bf81882345839368725708c007e7748.txt">Surfing culture spreads in Alaska</a> By JEANNETTE J. LEE Associated Press Writer YAKUTAT, Alaska (AP) -- The chill of seawater mixed with glacial melt doesn't faze pro surfer Josh Mulcoy as he launches his board off a beach piled high with whole spruce logs and multihued rocks smoothed by the grinding of ice. "Right now it's not that bad," said Mulcoy, of Santa Cruz, Calif. "It probably gets worse in the winter." Mulcoy in 1992 was one of the first people to surf Alaska waves. His appearance on a cover of Surfer Magazine the following year helped establish Yakutat as the state's main surf stop...

19:24:22 October 2, 2005, Sunday (PDT) Source: The Mediaburn Radio Weblog

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