Claude Codgen
	A photo Montage of the legendary style of C.C. Rider Claude Codgen. Inducted in the original group in 1996. Claude was, along with G.P. one of the first super stars from the East coast in the 60's. Still shaping and surfing today. Claude was the originator of the East coast style passed down to future hall of famers Loehr and Crawford and all who followed and emulated them. Katin Ad Surfing Yearbook Article
				“I grew up surfing in the Cocoa Beach area during the early ‘60’s. We had surf clubs near the Cocoa Beach Pier, but I hung out mostly at Gary Propper's house at 3rd st. His parents were pretty cool and let us skip school here and there to stay wet. Propper sold Velzys out of his house and before long, we were going head to head competing for things like the East Coast Championships. Those were some really fun days!
I signed a contract with Con in San Diego at the ’66 World Contest to do a signature model. Two years later, Valluzi and I were surfing with Nat Young and Wayne Lynch in Puerto Rico for the ’68 World Championship In ‘70 I ended my contract with Con and started Sunshine Surfboards, my own company. Later that year I went to Australia to surf in the World Contest at Bell’s Beach. Rolf Arness won. Playing in and around the ocean has always been really fun for me! My uncles are all commercial fisherman. I guess the ocean is in my blood or something. I started surfing when I was 12 and I still have a blast today”