George Freeth update

from the Easy Reader in Manhattan Beach giving an overview of 2008 . . . "the iconic bust of Redondo's original surfer dude was stolen from the pier in August, police were unable to identify a suspect in the theft of the broze bust which had been a part of the pier landscape since 1977; the high price of scrap metal and high incidence of metal thefts maybe have been a motive to steal the approsimately 100 lb bronze bust. A native of Hawaii, Freeth came to Redondo in 1907, where he was acclaimed for both his many rescues as a life guard and for helping poularize surfing here on the mainland."

a replacement statue has been cast and the new bronze statue is in place!