HOLD-UP: THE RYAN DOTSON STORY, BY RICHARD DOWDY
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"Shaping a Life: The True Saga of a Surfing Bank Robber," by Richard Dowdy, originally ran in the December 2014 issue of Ocean Magazine. It was excerpted from a Ryan Dotson biography that was never published. The version below has been further edited and shortened. Dowdy and Dotson worked together at Hansen Surfboards in the early '60s; Dowdy—better known as "Slick"—glassed boards, Ryan was a sand...
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