Great little flick...those were some cool times......thanks for posting and thanks for the memories!

Glad you enjoyed it. I grew up in Indialantic. I knew Mike Tabeling and Dick Catri, met Murph the Surf before he was a killer (at least as far as I knew). My brother and I discovered Sebastion on our own one day, before there was a bridge at the inlet. Many days of surf there without anyone but us in the water. sweet. (oh yes, I played for the gators when just after Spurrier graduated with his Heisman.

Beautiful longboarding. Classic.

True, now he lives on Maui. He did seem a little full of himself. I grew up on Merritt Island and started surfing at the pier. I have a few old photos of him. I had a Bing surfboard and everyone called me Bing. Gary and I ate breakfast one morning at a small diner, not sure which one. He ordered grits and over easy eggs cut up the eggs and mixed them with the grits. I have been doing that ever since, I call it the Gary Propper breakfast. Gary and Claude you can find me on facebook.

I think Gary became the producer of the entire NInja Turtles industry, also the "Frances" books for children. He lives in Hawaii now.

Paul, I'm sure I have seen this video before but I don't remember it, must be the age or something, Yah those were the days. great memories, just you and me out at Sebastian

The place you ate at was Lynn's, small place on A1A and Min, Man , Now it's call Robertos

It was Canaveral Pier at that point in time.

To be clear this is my sons photo that I'm using to comment , my name is Nancy . I was just googling Gary to see what he's been up to ..thinking of old boes . Gary and I dated in the late 70's . I'm pretty shocked reading some of these comments about him. He was a sweet man who was a vegetarian and cared about our enviroment way before it was so popular. He was ahead of his time and a total gentlemen with me. I had no idea I was dating one of greatest surfers of the time. So to say he was full of himself , I have to strongly disagree. He was an endearing man with so much kindness and a wonderful sense of humor. He was one the smartest people I knew and I have to say , there was never a dull moment when spent with him. I'm truly happy to see he's doing so well in life and after all these years I still think about him always wishing him the best of everything ! We should never judge another unless we have walked in their shoes.......................

So waves were actually that much better back then

Gary Propper cared about the environment so I kinda think more highly of him. What year was this video taken? I heard the 1968 waves were so big for East Coast Surfing Festival that a lot of surfers refused to go out. True? I always thought it was tricky with the pilings. -RKO PS Looking for memories of Mousetrap,Diamond Gennys,Pier, Moon Hut, Ramon's etc. Send email if you were there.

@gvkf1 Yeah, I think I remember you. I was friends with Tabeling as he spent more time in Indialantic where I lived. Of course, Catri and Murph... who started brevard co. surfing. and the surfboards hawaii team I remember well. My bro had one of those boards. I "borrowed" it one day and it flew of the top of our vw bug on a trip home from uncrowded Sebastion.

I can taste the salt water

The place you ate at was Lynn's,?? small place on A1A and Min, Man , Now it's call Robertos

Proper was an arrogant, narcissistic putz. I cant think of anybody I've known who was more so and I'm 78 now. South of Cocoa Beach we had a pet name for him. Jerky J__ whipturn. I think Bob Reeves coined it. 👍 Sea Park Rules. 💪🏻

I hope he is no longer full of himself as he was when we all went to school at Cocoa Beach High School. He was REALLY thinkin' he was all that. NOT!

Mr Propper was still full of himself. I sure hope, now that he is an old has-been, he is more humble.

Don't care about the thumbs down. He was still conceited and thought he was all that... he wasn't.

Hey I'm his son and all of u that think he's a good guy ur wrong he hasn't paid child support for years and has left me and my mom homeless before so next time you speak highly about this man check ur self