Manhattan Beach News
by Mark McDermott One day in 1949, 13-year-old Bing Copeland was bodysurfing just down from his family’s house, which was at 9th and Highland, when he happened to look up towards the Manhattan Beach pier and behold something he’d never seen before. Men were standing atop boards, riding waves. “Oh my god, look at that,” Copeland thought to himself. He took a wander up the Manhattan Beach pier, so he could get a better look at what was going on.…
