February 1976
From the second week of pool shooting, this image shows Murray Estes. He may have been the one who put the whole San Marcos pool thing together, then ripped it apart. From skating below the unprotected light during the first few days, to touching the taped-over light, to carving over the light, to hitting the tiles and then the coping — it all happened so fast with Frank Nasworthy’s new urethane wheels. We were all like little kids in a free candy store! When the magazine’s ad content reached 55%, I heard that we were turning new advertisers away. But the readers said they found the ads almost as interesting as the editorial — exciting stuff! 38