In South Florida, summer’s for the locals. The snowbirds have flown back north, the kids are out of school and long days are briefly interrupted by crashing storms. Yes, our seasonal change might be so subtle that it barely registers for some — this is the Sunshine State, after all, 365 days a year — but for us, summer has always meant the beach. From the Beach-Blanket-Bingo era of the ’60s to today, the beach has beckoned from across the bridge or down the street, less crowded, more inviting… summertime.
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4/4/1965, Bill Kuenzel/Miami Herald Staff: Things 're Boss. With sticks and pieces, the hot doggers and the hoe-daddies, with the inevitable gremlins and beach bunnies in tow populated South Beach Saturday. Things were boss. A few wiped out, one pro hung ten and the wahinis were everywhere in abundance. In people talk, this means there was a lot of surfing going on. "Sticks and pieces" are boards and a
"hot dogger" is a trick artist who surfs only the smaller waves. A "hoe-daddy" is no surfer at all, but just hangs around causing trouble, ogling the "beach bunnies," who are the same thing only girls. "Gremlins" are beginners, "boss" means things are great and "wiping out" is falling. "Hanging ten" is putting all 10 toes over the board's front edge, which will impress "wahinis," who are legitimate girl surfers. School’s out.
4/9/1974, Phil Long/Miami Herald Staff: Here, Gull. Walkers on any beach in Florida, not just this one in Vero Beach, will draw a feathery crowd of sea gulls if they bring along anything that is remotely called food. Sara Dulebohn, 5, of Lima, Ohio, and her sister, Shellie, 11, find that old hot dog buns can make some friends.
4/4/1965, Bill Kuenzel/Miami Herald Staff: Things 're Boss. With sticks and pieces, the hot doggers and the hoe-daddies, with the inevitable gremlins and beach bunnies in tow populated South Beach Saturday. Things were boss. A few wiped out, one pro hung ten and the wahinis were everywhere in abundance. In people talk, this means there was a lot of surfing going on. "Sticks and pieces" are boards and a
"hot dogger" is a trick artist who surfs only the smaller waves. A "hoe-daddy" is no surfer at all, but just hangs around causing trouble, ogling the "beach bunnies," who are the same thing only girls. "Gremlins" are beginners, "boss" means things are great and "wiping out" is falling. "Hanging ten" is putting all 10 toes over the board's front edge, which will impress "wahinis," who are legitimate girl surfers. School’s out.Buy photos in the Herald store
