The first time anyone surfed on LBI was the 1940s. By the time the 1950s came around, surfers rode the first foam and fiberglass boards. There was only a small core of them. Their summertime lifestyle of clamming when the tide was low in the bay and surfing a few hours later when it was low on the ocean would be something of a prototype for the surf culture to come.

The 1960s surf boom would change everything. Ushered in by the lifestyle associated with the “beach blanket bingo” Hollywood…