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In 2010, Mark Lukach wrote a fine article for the Ocean Beach Bulletin about the annual reunion of surfers at Kelly s Cove, Ocean Beach s northernmost meeting of sand and sea just below the Cliff House. Lore, legend, and some long memories identify this patch of rock, sand, and eddying swells as the birthplace of San Francisco surfing, where over the years inner-tube paddlers gave way to longboarders on wooden planks, who passed a metaphorical torch to today s neoprene-clad riders of fish-tails and quad-finned carbon-fiber boards.
But who was Kelly, and why is this area, so important to local surfing history, named after him?