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Sonia Darrin (sister) Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz (March 3, 1921 – November 10, 2014) was an American surfer and physician, [1][2] who gave up practicing medicine for a living and decided to become a professional surfer. [1] In 1972, he founded a surf camp run by his family, where campers could live alongside and surf with members of the Paskowitz ...
May 8, 2008 · I first met the amazing Paskowitz family in 1978, when I was a writer and producer for “Two on the Town,” a CBS magazine show in Los Angeles. It sounded like the perfect upbeat, if slightly ...
Nov 14, 2014 · Born in Galveston, Texas, on March 3, 1921, Doc Paskowitz learned to surf at 10 and moved with his family to San Diego when he was 12. He attended San Diego State before transferring to the ...
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May 9, 2008 · Directed by Doug Pray. Documentary, Sport. R. 1h 33m. By Manohla Dargis. May 9, 2008. There are many different ways to drop off the grid, but few dropped off with such style and urgency as Dorian ...
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Legendary surfer, Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz, abandoned a successful medical practice to withdraw from the lifestyle of mainstream America. But unlike other American searchers such as Thoreau and Kerouac, Paskowitz took his wife and nine children along for the ride, all eleven of them living in a 24-foot camper. The family spent their days living ...
Nov 11, 2014 · The whole family lived in a 24-foot-long camper and the children did not attend school. The family’s freewheeling and unconventional way of life is documented in the 2007 film Surfwise, directed ...
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Jun 14, 2019 · Doc Paskowitz died at the ripe old age of 93. It happened in November of 2014, following a fall, and then complications after hip surgery. In the months prior, he was living in Hawaii with his son ...
