Doc Paskowitz
American surfer, physician and activist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz (March 3, 1921 – November 10, 2014) was an American surfer and physician.[1][2] He gave up practicing medicine for a living and decided to become a professional surfer.[1] In 1972, he founded a surf camp run by his family, where campers could live alongside and surf with members of the Paskowitz family.[3][4] He and his family have been referred to as the "First Family of Surfing".[5][6][7]
Paskowitz died on November 10, 2014 in Newport Beach, California at the age of 93 from surgical complications.[8][9][10]
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