It was a banner year. That summer was one of friends and faces to remember. June opened up with the usual flocking crowds from Hartford and Springfield a evidencedhere , Jim Ibbison sits among the wall of tourists getting ready to put Suntan oil on his partner. Jim was a little older and reminded me of Fred Hemmings, and although he wasn't from Misquamicut, you could of sworn he was a home owner.
..June 74
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A couple of rambling thoughts regarding Ibby. First, he had a really cool red and white van with a pop top. It had running water, beds, and a killer eight track sound system with which you could crank Iron Butterfly's INNAGADDADAVIDA to full volume.
Christmas, 1969 Ibby, me, Mickey Severns, Peter Misisco and Jimmy Martin drove the van to Cocoa Beach for a surf trip. Ibby got an STD from cleaning woman. That same trip I discovered the pleasure of eating yogurt and surfing the pier at Cocoa Beach. I surfed with Flea Shaw who from time to time makes an appearance in Tortola with his wife Frieda Zamba
Ibby was a smoker and he hated to waste a butt, so he would knee paddle out with a cigarette hanging from his mouth. Once outside, he would discard the butt.
He was friends with a dwarf who surfed. yes, you read the correctly. The dwarf's name was Donny something. Scott, help me out here. Donny could surf but his arms were so short he had trouble catching waves. I thought I was hot shit cuz my board was as short as Donny the dwarf's was. Donny once drove Lynn the hottie who never wore a wetsuit to Virginia Beach. Lynn who was five years older than me (21 to my 16) seduced me once in her cottage at the beach. She, Lynn, came to a bad end. The last time i saw her she had blown up like a tick and was really drunk
Ibby was a really nice guy who took an incredible amount of ribbing. I remember teasing him cuz he was SO OLD. he was probably about 23 at the time!!!!
I hear in later years, he was bitten by a bat. But that could be stuff of legend and I'm not sure it really happened.
I believe he lives in Westerly, but I have not seen him in years.
So what else about Ibby do you remember?
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