Bodysurfers from Oceanside to the IB Pier A little further up the coast from Cartwright and Bye is the hermetic Boomer Beach crowd of La Jolla, with guys like "Dolphin" Don Riley, "Freeway" Dave Freeman, …
Boomer Beach. On the Boomer seawall, a hand-painted message reads: "If you don't bleed here you can't surf here."
Posted September 8, 1983
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