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  1. Feb 15, 2011 · 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. Yesterday, a third name was added to that list when the "godfather" of Gulf Coast surfing, Yancy Spencer III, died of a heart attack in Malibu.

  2. 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.

  3. Yancy Spencer III*. Yancy Spencer III was born in 1950 in Roanoke, Virginia, then moved with his family to Pensacola, Florida, where he began surfing at 14. He got his first surfboard from the local Hutson hardware store. “It was May 1, 1965,” Spencer recalled in a 2009 interview. “There was a small southwest wind swell, and the waves ...

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  4. 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. Regarded internationally as the best surfer to come out of the Gulf Coast area, Yancy remembers the summer of '65 when out of curiosity he picked up a friend's board and paddled out among the ...

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  5. Apr 3, 2011 · 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. Although far too soon, Yancy Spencer (who always threw in that “the third”) part, had ...

  6. Feb 17, 2011 · LEGENDARY SURFER: Yancy Spencer III. The Gulf of Mexico's Most Influential Surfer Has Passed On. "The Godfather of Gulf Coast Surfing" (Gulf of Mexico), Yancy Spencer III has left us. Resources. Inner Light Surf Shop (a primary source) East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame. Surfer/Surfing: Yancy Spencer III: 1950-2011. Google Search on Yancy.

  7. Feb 17, 2011 · Yancy Spencer III was considered the greatest surfer to come out of the Gulf Coast region. He died Monday at age 60. The man who put Gulf Coast surfing on the map is now “R.I.P.-ing it up” in heaven. Local legend Yancy Spencer III died Monday, Feb. 14 of an apparent heart attack after a day of surfing in Malibu, Calif. He was 60.

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