FIRST PERSON: FORMER MALIBU SURFER BOB FEIGEL EXPLAINS HIS NAZI SALUTE

Bob Feigel was the advertising director at Surf Guide magazine and managed the original Makaha Skateboard team. The image seen here ran in the September 1, 1961, issue of Life magazine, as part of a photo essay titled "The Mad Happy Surfers." Interestingly, while hand gestures are clearly intended to be a Nazi salute, the magazine caption overlooked the gesture. "[These] full-fledged 'hot-doggers'...

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