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  1. Feb 15, 2011 · Features and Exposure. R.I.P. Yancy Spencer III. Gulf Coast legend Yancy Spencer dies at the age of 60. SURFER. Feb 15, 2011. In the shaping room at Innerlight, early 1970s. In the past two weeks the surf world has lost two legends in the form of fabled photographer Leroy Grannis and surf icon Jimmy Blears.

  2. Website. innerlightsurf .com. Yancy Bailey Spencer III (July 2, 1950 – February 14, 2011) was a surfer from Pensacola, Florida, who was widely regarded as the father of Gulf Coast surfing. [1]

  3. (Left: picture of Yancy Spencer statue on Pensacola Beach. Right: Yancy surfing on Pensacola Beach) THE STORY OF YANCY SPENCER III. Yancy first picked up a surfboard and his inaugural wave on the Gulf of Mexico at Pensacola Beach, FL on May 1, 1965.

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  4. Feb 21, 2013 · The legendary surfer Yancy Spencer III has been immortalized with a beautiful statue. The artwork displays Spencer's blown-back hair with his surfboard as he heads to the line-up for just another surf session. It was sculpted by Randy New.

  5. Apr 3, 2011 · April 3, 2011. 3 Comments. By Story/Photos By Pat Light. Cecil Lear called me with the news – Yancy Spencer had died. He was only 60, and in amazing shape in every respect of the word. He had been surfing in Malibu and came in because he didn’t feel well. Paramedics were called but were unable to save him.

  6. Feb 17, 2011 · Yancy Spencer was better at surfing on one leg than most people are with two legs. Innerlight founder Yancy Spencer III – a pioneer of Pensacola surfing – died Monday while surfing in California. Inset: Innerlight employees Alex Thompson (left) and Cody Cobia are pictured at the Gulf Breeze store with a flower arrangement delivered by the ...

  7. Feb 14, 2013 · A man in board shorts leaving Pensacola Beach after a day of surfing in the Gulf is an image that many think of when they remember Yancy Spencer III. As of Saturday, that image will be turned into a statue of the man that earned the title of “The Duke of the Gulf Coast.”

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