Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
Local youth take part in the Surf Asylum clinic Monday morning on Amelia Island. Photo by Ashley Chandler/News-Leader
David Montgomery started surfing on the island when he was 11 with his family. He joked about getting into surfing for the “wrong reason,” trying to be cool.
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