hat’s the greatest present Santa ever brought you? For me, there were a few. At age seven, the Christmas tree sheltered a huge Tonka Winnebago camper with a fold out roof/awning and an action figure family that included a pet collie. My next ultimate gift was a Crossman 760 pump action BB gun with a proper scope. And yes, my fourth grade buddies and I very nearly did shoot our eyes out. And then there was my first surfboard—a neon orange and yellow, five-foot, ten-inch G&S tri-fin, masterfully shaped by Terry Goldsmith. When my golfer dad saw its $350 price tag, he scoffed. “If you want that thing so much,” he said, “You can pay for half of it with your table bussing money and maybe Santa
