Lifeguard, Surfing Santa Paul Matthies returns to the sea

"Surfing Santa" (Paul Matthies) is interviewed by the "Littlest Reporter" (Loyal Pennings) for an Easy Reader story in 1978. Photo
Paul Matthies was a big, barrel-chested waterman with a wit to match. One winter in the early 1950s, he was surfing on Hawaii’s North Shore when a moke ordered him out of the water.“Haoles can’t surf here,” the big Hawaiian said.“No, you have to get out of the water,” M
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