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Website. innerlightsurf .com. Yancy Bailey Spencer III (July 2, 1950 – February 14, 2011) was a surfer from Pensacola, Florida, who was widely regarded as the father of Gulf Coast surfing. [1]
15 de feb. de 2011 · In the past two weeks the surf world has lost two legends in the form of fabled photographer Leroy Grannis and surf icon Jimmy Blears. Yesterday, a third name was added to that list when the "godfather" of Gulf Coast surfing, Yancy Spencer III, died of a heart attack in Malibu. He was 60 years old.
THE STORY OF YANCY SPENCER III. Yancy first picked up a surfboard and his inaugural wave on the Gulf of Mexico at Pensacola Beach, FL on May 1, 1965. Regarded internationally as the best surfer to come out of the Gulf Coast area, Yancy remembers the summer of '65 when out of curiosity he picked up a friend's board and paddled out among the waves.
We’ve got five stores to provide the best level of support possible for the Gulf Coast’s boarding and beach-going communities. Started in 1969 by founder Yancy Spencer (who changed the name to Innerlight in 1972), Innerlight grew from a 400 sq ft cinder block building…into 3 locations from Pensacola, FL to Destin, FL.
3 de abr. de 2011 · Yancy’s surfing career began on a Hutson surfboard (named after the Pensacola hardware store where they were built. “It was May 1, 1965, and I was 14,” said Spencer in a 2009 interview. “There was a small southwest windswell, and the waves were small, easy for somebody who had never been in the Gulf with a surfboard.
17 de feb. de 2011 · The Gulf of Mexico's Most Influential Surfer Has Passed On. "The Godfather of Gulf Coast Surfing" (Gulf of Mexico), Yancy Spencer III has left us. Resources. Inner Light Surf Shop (a primary source) East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame. Surfer/Surfing: Yancy Spencer III: 1950-2011. Google Search on Yancy.
15 de feb. de 2011 · Gulf Coast surfing legend Yancy Spencer III died on Monday from a heart attack after surfing Malibu in California. “He was very healthy, very fit,” his brother and partner, J.B. Schluter,...
