6/29/2023 0 Comments Coffey family surf![]() ![]() Oh my, what 1/2 century can do to the popularity of a once crowd of maybe 12? Most notably friends and I waited in a long traffic line to Garbaage just to observe. SD has changed much in my 50 year absence with the exception of visits. It was good to know at almost 76 years of age, who named the cliff surfing locations. Unfortunately I never had the privilege of the fun factor with all the the legendary figures from Point Loma HS. I began surfing on the North Beach Jetty after high school, transferred my surfing to The Rincon and began a routine of water time still existing. I lived vicariously thru their Sunset Cliffs outings in uncrowded waves. Although I knew of John Holley and Billy Chapman, I wasn’t surfing at the time, but my brother Doug Coffey was along with David Allaire, Mark Fitzik, Steve Correia Billy Holt and Tim Wilson. My G&S served me well from 1965 thru the early 80s. Pt Loma Blvd., in 1970, I began my surfing interest moving to Carpinteria being four minutes from Rincon Point. Having departed from my Point Loma home and OB off W. Just another sign of the times.Īt least we still have Fencelines and 33’s to ourselves without any worry of penetration from outsiders. They seem to have forgotten etiquette or didnt have it to begin with. I still find myself “Barking” at some dope trying to drop in on me no matter where Im surfing. Sounds mean, but that’s how we handled crowd control in those days. You could tell just by how they paddled, that they shouldnt be at the cliffs, and would be better suited at Dog Beach where they wouldnt be a hinder to us or himself. I still remember Mike White, Jim Akridge or myself yelling “Go Back” to some poor guy paddling over from North Garbage to where we surfing at Blue Moons/ Lizards, so we could continue to surf without the crowds that were floundering over at the next break. The others are still a challenge to access, and when its big, most people stay away or just watch from the safety of the cliffs. Thankfully, several of our secret spots are still secret and not mentioned above. “We wear sexy bikinis and we surf good and that’s just what we do,” Holly told Yahoo Lifestyle last year.As a local having grown up surfing with Melinda, and her brother Mike, I have to agree with her. Coffey sisters blazing a trail in surfing and modellingīetween the four of them, the sisters have a social media following of over three million.īut that doesn’t mean they’re not serious about their surfing careers. The surfer had created a strong following of more than one million followers on Instagram before launching the site.Ĭoffey said the lucrative business has “changed her life” and hopes it “empowers” other women to not worry about criticism. She said before launching the the XXX-rated website she spoke her family and received their support. “It’s also liberating knowing I’m strong enough to face the adversity and do what I want to do and express myself openly.”Ĭoffey admitted that every step of the journey to creating the subscription site was carefully thought through. In fact, it’s been overwhelming the support I’ve received. “There’s not one person I love or care about that’s not been entirely supportive. “It’s been very much the same as everything else I have ever done in my life most people love it, and some people hate it,” Coffey told. She even said the career move has been “liberating”. In similar fashion to former V8 Supercars driver Renee Gracie, the Coffey sisters sell their explicit content to followers in exchange for a subscription fee.Ĭoffey said while the attention has brought its critics, the “overwhelming support” is more important. The sisters, who both competed in the World Surf League’s qualifying series between 2012 to 2017, have launched their own websites selling X-rated content to subscribers. ![]() ‘WON’T STOP’: Gracie's racing comeback after X-rated windfall ![]()
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