The Gremmie was a surfer to watch

Today is one of those days that I dread, telling about a great surfer and friend who just passed away.
On May 10, we lost the legendary Chris “the Gremmie” Marseilles after an 18-month battle with cancer, he was 74.
This is a guy who most of you have not really heard of, he was not a famous professional surfer or known much at all by the general public.  But if you were at all tuned into surfing in the late 1950s and early 1960s, you will know that he was one of the best surfers