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Surfing Community Loses a Champion

Published on: February 22, 2014

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Photos include champion Natalie Kotsch with famed board shaper Duane Gordie, Surfing Padre Father Christian, Dean Torrence (of Jan & Dean, ) King of Surf Guitar Dick Dale, and surfing historian Bruce Gabrielson. Kotsch came to California from Canada in 1976 after seeing brochures and deciding it looked like a wonderful place to be. She settled in Orange County where she felt a surf museum was needed to honor the local heritage that was disappearing building by building. Kotsch founded Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum in 1987. She passed away on Feb. 20, 2014, surrounded by friends and smiling to the end…read more>

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