On a recent Sunday morning at the weather-worn entrance of Kelly’s Cove nestled beneath the Cliff House, a crowd of nearly 100 people gathered around an assortment of custom-made surfboards, each bearing watercolorlike swirls, meticulous pinstriping and a bold, unmistakable “H.”
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Interview Description Gary Silberstein
Gary Silberstein was born in 1942 and grew up in San Francisco s Richmond District, the son of a dentist. He attended Lowell High School and first surfed at Kelly s Cove when he was around sixteen years old. He went into the water and immediately wiped out. Kelly s Cove surfers Gary Silberstein and Jim Bonaldi, 2007. - Ocean Beach was/is a harsh mistress, as you know. I just progressively got more involved out there as I got better at surfing, and began to make friends and that became my crew.
Mr. Silberstein received his first surfboard from legendary Bay Area clothing manufacturer and family friend Ben Davis. He became a premed student at UC Berkeley, but spent a lot of his time escaping school to surf. I had my schedule set up where I’d try to get no classes on Friday or get them done by noon so I could get out to Kelly’s and surf all weekend. Sometimes if it was good I’d cut classes Monday morning and surf. And I couldn’t