R.I.P. Carl Virgil “Tinker” West
Carl Virgil “ Tinker” West aka
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The link above will take you to Bruce Springsteen’s Messenger post today. I was proud to know Tinker back in the 60s. I was actually even chosen to be on his surf team. I also met & surfed with Bruce when he was sleeping on Tinker’s factory floor in the late 60s.
Tinker 1st came to Margate/Ventnor in the mid- 60s and got to know all the local surfers. He subsequently decided to move north to the Belmar area and set up his Surfboard factory producing Challenger Eastern Surfboards.
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