Wright, Allan "Bank"
Writer and book distributor from Los Angeles, California, best known for his 1973 guidebook Surfing California. Wright was born (1943) and raised in West Los Angeles, began surfing in 1953 not long after moving to Hermosa Beach, and graduated with a B.S. in business from the University of Southern California in 1965. After four years in the military, Wright spent two years living in Hawaii. He 197...
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Surfing California, 1985 printingSubscribe to view
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Shaun Tomson, early 1980s, with first edition of Surfing California. Photo: Larry MooreSubscribe to view
East and Gulf Coast Surfing Map, from Mountain and Sea BooksSubscribe to view
Surfing California, 1985 printing
Bank Wright
Shaun Tomson, early 1980s, with first edition of Surfing California. Photo: Larry Moore
East and Gulf Coast Surfing Map, from Mountain and Sea Books