Norman Ollestad surfs with his son strapped to his back, 3/5
Title
Norman Ollestad surfs with his son strapped to his back, 3/5
Description
Norman Ollestad surfs with his baby son strapped to his back at Topanga Beach.
"I am harnessed in a canvas papoose strapped to my dad’s back. It’s my first birthday. I peer over his shoulder as we glide the sea. Sun glare and blue ripple together. The surfboard rail engraves the arcing wave and spits of sun-flecked ocean tumble over his toes. I can fly.... Mom told me she had come home from grocery shopping to discover me and dad out in the surf. 'I went berserk,' she said."
--From "Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival" by Norman Ollestad (Ecco: An Imprint of HarperCollins, 2009)
"I am harnessed in a canvas papoose strapped to my dad’s back. It’s my first birthday. I peer over his shoulder as we glide the sea. Sun glare and blue ripple together. The surfboard rail engraves the arcing wave and spits of sun-flecked ocean tumble over his toes. I can fly.... Mom told me she had come home from grocery shopping to discover me and dad out in the surf. 'I went berserk,' she said."
--From "Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival" by Norman Ollestad (Ecco: An Imprint of HarperCollins, 2009)
Date
1968
Source
Digital only
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Creator
John Clemens