ocregister.com - Surf history purveyor to be honored with Lifetime Achievement
Dick Metz, a surfer who inspired the Endless Summer film, will be honored at the Waterman’s Ball
Metz, 92, is one of the few still around to remember the infancy of modern-day surfing. He caught his first wave at age 7 at San Onofre during a time when there were fewer than 100 surfers along the California coast. It was about 1958 when Metz decided to take a three-year-long adventure around the world, coming back to Laguna Beach to tell good friend Bruce Brown about his travels.