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I was also fortunate enough to sit with Dana and George Smith at their home and listen to some of their great stories. Unfortunately, they lost all of their photos in a fire, but their stories live on in memory; now told on video as only a married surfing couple could tell. They did have some old video from the mid 60's owned by the Suit family of Ocean City, of which Mrs. Carolyn Suit was kind enough to give me permission to use.

Although Dave (Doc) Dalkiewicz was not part of the original O C surf crew, his knowledge of surfing from the mid 60's is a great addition to this work. I've never known Doc to talk a lot; but he is extremely forthcoming in his thoughts, and sums up the spirit of surfing in one profound statement. There's so much background noise during his interview, you really feel like you're in his shop. Hey Doc - how much are those Sundecks?

Delaware surfer, Jack Powell brought over some of his classic film as well. The power surfing shown by Jack, the Clark brothers and Gary Revel at Shits and Southside, blew me away. You won't believe you're in Delaware. Jack is surfing just as well today.

Another influential Delaware surfer, Neil Stevenson, also came by and contributed some of his home movies showing some of the early transitional boards. He and Gary Revel were surfing Greg Noll Jack's Pin Tail boards which they purchased at Skip's shop.

The video also includes some of my own pictures and video scattered throughout the project: the best being some tape shot in late September 2001. Martin Furst, who is featured on some awesome waves, helped provide names to many of these surfers. Ironically, the Smith's sons, Will and Ted, were part of this sequence. I did not know this until the project was almost completed.

Thanks to everybody who helped me with this project, especially to Bill for trusting me to present some of his most personal stories. I drove poor Bill crazy trying to put names to as many of his photos as possible. My video work could be better - a friend described it as raw. I liked that. George Pittman told me that it wasn't the story as he would have written it, but admitted that if you asked 12 people, there would be 12 stories. I like to describe the project as soup: the individual ingredients take on a new flavor when mixed together. I apologize to all those who will remain nameless in this feature. I also realize that there were many other prominent surfers of the time that were not featured. This was not done with intent. I worked with the material that I had available. As a result, there are many other stories to be told. I am hopeful that this documentary will inspire others to come forward with their own pictures and film, and share their stories with all.

I am working on other similar projects. If you have interesting surf photos, movies or stories, please contact me by e-mail: will@surf64.com

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Waves of Reflection is a fun, informative and emotional documentary about the early days of surfing in Maryland and Delaware. It is a collection of interviews, old photos, and 8mm movies provided by various sources. East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame Legends Bill Wise and Skip Savage as well as Dave (Doc) Dalkiwicz, Dana Smith & George Smith reflect on their memories of surfing in its infancy. More below…….