in the magazine July 13, 2009

‘The Kids Built This Thing’

By Jessica Pressler

Ex-con turned surfing guru Bobby Vaughn, profiled by Alex French in this week’s magazine, talks about the scene that started up around FTW, his surf shop in Far Rockaway, in this exclusive video.

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