On Tuesday, Cardiff, Calif. surfer and jiu-jitsu blackbelt Joel Tudor will be swinging through the Island and stopping at the Farias Surf and Sport Flagship Store in Ship Bottom. When it comes to the state of longboard surfing, Tudor is perhaps one of the most influential figures in the world.

Enigmatic former world longboard champ and influential surfer Joel Tudor visits Farias Surf and Sport on Tuesday, May 28. (Photo Courtesy Joel Tudor Surfboards)
The first foam and fiberglass surfboards sparked a golden age. Surfers of the 1960s progressed the sport quickly, developing a style and aesthetic on heavy boards over 9 feet long that would become the…
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