1997 - Dawn Patrol

During the early Sixties, you may have owned a Woodie....dented, no rear seats, faded paint and peeling varnish, but a flathead that would run all day and into the night of $3 worth of 25 cents a gallon gas. You also had enough room for three or four friends and all your surfboards, mostly 10 footers. You awoke at 3 a.m. in L.A., Santa Monica or Redondo Beach, piled everything into the Woodie and decided to head north or south on a weekend surfing trip. If north, Rincon or Santa Cruz beckoned. If south, North San Diego's Swami's, Cardiff by the Sea or Tamarack was your goal. Highway 101 took you past Huntington, Trestles, and Oceanside. Just as dawn was breaking, you drove through the tall eucalyptus trees of Encinitas before you passed Hansen's Surf Shop. There was a little breakfast cafe that was open early, so you and all your buddies would pile out of the Woodie and load up on pancakes before paddling out for the early morning "Dawn Patrol" at Cardiff.

The 1997 Wavecrest Poster combines the old tradition of an early morning surfing trip with the more recent tradition of the Wavecrest Breakfast Tour. Though only in its fourth year, the tour has become a very popular, well-attended part of our event. Both these traditions take place at a restaurant on old 101 (First Street), once called Tyler's, the familiar restaurant has been George's since 1983. 

This poster is $75.00, plus shipping & handling. Posters will be shipped rolled in protected tubes $6.00 postage and handling. Posters also may be shipped flat and shrink wrapped for $10.00.

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