Frye, Skip
Smooth, quiet, refined surfer and surfboard shaper from San Diego, California; competitor in the World Surfing Championships in 1966 and 1968; leader of the late-'60s shortboard revolution in California; and a master of the undervalued art of trim—finding and holding a pure angle in the fastest part of the wave. "He's a minimalist," surf journalist Chris Ahrens wrote in 1992, "all function, flow a...
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Skip Frye, 1963. Photo: Ron ChurchSubscribe to view
Skip Frye, 1967 Laguna Masters, Redondo Beach. Photo: LeRoy GrannisSubscribe to view
The Ranch, 1966. Photo: Ron Stoner/SURFERSubscribe to view
(L to R) Skip Frye, Dale Dobson, Mark Martinson, Baja, 1968. Photo: Brad BarrettSubscribe to view
Skip Frye, 1969. Photo: Lee PetersonSubscribe to view
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Skip Frye
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Skip Frye, 1963. Photo: Ron Church
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Skip Frye, 1967 Laguna Masters, Redondo Beach. Photo: LeRoy Grannis
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The Ranch, 1966. Photo: Ron Stoner/SURFER
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(L to R) Skip Frye, Dale Dobson, Mark Martinson, Baja, 1968. Photo: Brad Barrett
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Skip Frye, 1969. Photo: Lee Peterson