“Big Wave Dave’ receives a waterman’s sendoff
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A seagull performs a flyby as family and friends celebrate “Big Wave Dave” Largent’s life.
Photos by Wright Adaza
When Dave Largent, a 6-foot-4 highschooler who looked like Clark Kent, tried out for the West High football team in the early ‘60s, the coach told him, ‘The long hair goes or you go.”
The long hair stayed and the legend of “Big Wave Dave” was born. Largent traveled the world in search of big waves before marrying his love Kimberly and raising sons Derek and Dane. Derek fulfilled his father’s football promise by becoming a star linebacker at San Diego State University.