- 1960s-1980s WEST COAST SURFER, SHAPER AND CONTRIBUTOR
- Semi-sponsored by Surfboard's Hawaii and Local Team Member During Longboard Era (mid 1960s)
- President, South Sea Surf Club (1966-1967)
- President, Huntington Beach Surfing Association (1967-1977)
- Designer and Surf Team Member, Soul Surfboards
(where Dale Velzy taught me to shape)
- Surf Team Member, Petrillo Surfboards
- Surf Team Member, Walden Surfboards
- Shaper, Designer, Glasser and Owner, Wave Trek Surfboards in HB
- District 5 Director, Western Surfing Association (WSA)
- Competition Rules Committee Chairman, WSA and USSA
- WSA AAA Mens
- #3 Competition Ranking, WSA and US
- 3rd Place, United States Surfboard Championships (USSA)
- Board of Directors, United States Surfboard Championships
- Contest Director, United States Surfboard Championships
(I'm the person telling Corky Carroll that I didn't make the rules
in the movie 5-Summer Stories)
- Judge, United States Surfboard Championships (and many other events)
- Founding Member, Western Intercollegiate Surfing Council
(First US College Surfing Organization)
- Co-founder, Coach, and Captain, Cal. State University Long Beach Surf Club
- Author of petition to CIF for formal recognition of surfing as a HS sport
- Founder, Edison High School Surf Club
- Founder and First Varsity Coach, Huntington Beach High School Surf
Team (First US HS to Formally Recognize Surfing as a Varsity Sport)
- Awarded First Varsity Letter for Surfing to a HS Athlete (HBHS)
- Founder, Orange Coast Surfing League/Sunset League (First Official High School
Surfing League in US - Recognized by CIF)
- Founding contributor and life member, Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum
- Author, The Complete Surfing Guide for Coaches
- Surfing Editor, The Huntington Beach News
- Surfing Editor, Orange County Daily Pilot Newspaper
- Founder and First Contest Director, Huntington Beach Residents Contest
- Movies - 5 Summer Stores, Pacific Vibrations, Expression Session
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- 1980s-2000s EAST COAST SURFER, SHAPER AND CONTRIBUTOR
- Member, Eastern Surfing Association, Maryland District
- Member, Eastern Surfing Association, Delaware District
- Delaware ESA State Champion
- 2x High Point Winner Delaware ESA
- Inventor, Gabrielson Break, Continuously moving artificial wave for pools
- Surf Team Member, Sundancer Surfboards
- Surfing Chairman, Potomac Valley Association, AAU (1985-1987)
- Directed the First AAU Sanctioned Surfing Event in US (1985)
- Surfing Contest Director, Capital Games (DC State Games)
- National Surfing Committee, Amateur Athletic Union
- Established the Internet's First Surfing Oriented Web Site (1993)
- Placed the First Book (The Complete Surfing Guide for Coaches)
of any Subject on the Internet (1994)
- Established the Internet's First On-line Surfing Reference Library
- Honorary Member, East Coast Surf Music Alliance
- Member, Greg Noll "Da Bull" Surf Team
- Member, Washington DC Chapter, Surfrider Foundation
- Member, Big Stick Surf Club
- Member, 62nd St. Longboarders Club, Ocean City, MD
- Co-Organizer, Delaware's First High School Surfing Competitions
- Award Winner, 1999 Paddle-Out Award, Washington DC Surfrider
- 3rd Place, US Surfboard Championships
- 6th Place, ESA Easterns Surfing Championships
- 2nd Place, Shortboard, East Coast Surf Championships
- 2x3rd,2x4th & 6th Place, Longboard, East Coast Surf Championships
- Judge, East Coast Surfboard Championships and ESA Easterns
- Chairman, USSF Sports Science Committee
- Chairman, USSF USOC Recognition Committee
- Primary Author, Formal USOC Application by USSF for Surfing to Become an Olympic Sport
- Surf Team Member, Robert Strickland Surfboards
- Surf Team Member, New Jersey Surf
- Shaper, Designer, Glasser and Owner, Wave Trek Surfboards (Chesapeake Beach, MD)
- Lifetime Member and Hall of Fame Member, Huntington Beach Longboard Crew
- Founder and Owner, Snake's Surf School (Ocean City, MD)
- Co-Founder, Annapolis Surf Club, MD
- East Coast Team Manager - Turbo Tunnel Performance Team
- Walden Surfboards Surf Team
- Founder and Chairman, National Surf Schools and Instructors Association
- Primary Author, Teaching Surf Instructors to Teach
- Author, Surfing, The Culture and Complexity of the Sport (3 unit college course)
- NSSIA Certified Master Level Surf/SUP Instructor
- Founder, Caravan Surf Club
- Chairman, Ironman Surfing/Wrestling Hall of Fame
- Official Advisor, Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum
- Director, Snakes Surf Museum and Surf Art Gallery
(Ranked top 20 cultural museums in MD by the MD Dept. of Tourism)
- Board Member, Imternational Surfboard Builders Hall of Fame
(Responsible for getting East Coast Shapers recognized)
- Official Advisor - SurfDreams
- Board Member - People Enhancing Other People's Lives (PEOPLE) Foundation
- #2 Top Answerers in Surfing, Yahoo.com Answers
- Participant - Circle of Honor Paddle Out (Guiness World Record)
- Huntington Beach Surfing Walk of Fame
- Movies - Cruzing Atlantic Avenue, Makaha Skateboard Documentary, HBSA 30th Celebration
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