The term “goofy-foot” actually came from an old Disney cartoon in which Goofy was surfing and stood right foot forward. To clarify this for our non-surfing readers, “goofy-foot” refers to surfers who stand with their right foot forward, “regular foot” to surfers who stand with their left foot forward. Why does our body choose goofy or regular stance?Ī.
Related ArticlesĬorky: Surfer-turned-filmmaker keeps on creating So yeah, back on the hill next to the snack bar at Huntington Beach High School, sitting there with Denny Buell, Robert August and the crew checking out John Boozers new light blue windbreaker and commenting on how good the grems were getting, that would have been the likes of Herbie, Jon Overmyer, Buddy Heil and Tom Leonardo, never in our wildest imagination would we have pegged Herbie to forge so many frontiers.īut he did, and is one of the most multifaceted and uniquely imaginative surfers ever.įor more information on the Gagosian exhibition, go to /exhibitions/2019/the-fletcher-family-a-lifetime-in-surf.Ĭongratulations Fletchers, you have done it again. I remember standing on the beach at the San Clemente Pier watching him, Matt Archbold and Dino Andino blasting big airs off the top of close-out beach crunchers way back when they were young teenagers in the early 1980s and thinking, “Well, this is the future happening right here.” Christian, the older one, was at the forefront of “aerial” surfing. And, obviously, so do his wife and kids.Īlong with the exhibition there will be showings of the 2019 documentary “Heavy Water.” This film is about the insane huge-wave surfing of Nathan Fletcher, the younger of the two sons. He just does stuff, and gets away with it. In conjunction with the release of the book, the Gagosian gallery, in New York City, is presenting an exhibition of Fletcher family art, sculptures and photos, and will sell items, including T-shirts, in the gallery store. Corky Carrollĭibi has put the whole story down in ink in her new book, “Fletcher: A Lifetime in Surf,” which was just released by Rizzoli.
Which brings us to now and the reason for today’s revisit to the wonderful wild world of things Fletcher. Dibi is an amazing artist and her influence rubbed off on Herbie who also went in that direction. He produced, and starred in, a number of surfing videos and had a couple sons, Christian and Nathan, who have become outstanding and groundbreaking surfers in their own right. The very short version, just to set the basics down: Herbie moved to the North Shore of Oahu married Dibi, the daughter of the “Godfather of Surfing,” Walter Hoffman made a name for himself for his free-flowing, side-slipping and very individualistic style of surfing came back to California and went on to open “Astrodeck,” the leading producer of surfboard deck pads. Looking back at his evolution from then to now is remarkable. At that time, it would have been impossible to predict exactly how far the kid was going to go, but he was super likable, really could surf and was very enthusiastic about it.
CORKY CORBIN FAMILY SURF FREE
I recruited him to surf on the Hobie Surf Team and got him set up with free boards. He was a hot, young, up-and-coming surfer a grade or two younger than I was. I first became aware of Herbie Fletcher back in high school in Huntington Beach.
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