Corky's Beach Bar

Surfer Corky Sandoval and several friends were camped out in Daytona Beach for the winter. Corky and his friend Ken “Duke” Phillips had managed to surf up and down the east coast, even winning some minor competitions along the way. Duke was a Florida boy born and bred while Corky was raised in Hawaii after being born in Southern California. The two competitive surfers had always intended to move on when the weather improved up and down the east coast, but now both had jobs and at least some level of responsibility. Corky had landed an assistant manager job at a surf shop in Daytona called Jack’s Surf and Sail, even though the owner’s name was actually Andy. Long story. Corky and Andy had become fast friends and, in part due to Corky’s wins in the state of Florida, had decided to custom make surfboards with the brand “Corkboards”. Corky knew nothing about actually designing and building surfboards, of course, but Andy “knew a guy” as they say. Corky was simply the brand, although he did try out each line of boards so that he was comfortable lending his name to the final product. Business was good. Duke on the other hand settled down for the Christmas rush working in his father’s furniture store in Ormond Beach, just north of Daytona. He had vowed not to do that but needed the money to help fund plans he, Corky and the others had formulated. The “others” included Kaapo, a Hawaiian native and long-time friend and traveling companion who had known Corky since high school. Kaapo preferred to be called Gabe since it was the Finnish root to his Hawaiian name. Gabe fancied himself a photographer and based upon some of the work his companions had seen, he seemed to be on the right track. There was also Abby Colter whom Corky and Gabe had met in Half Moon Bay, California. Abby had worked in a greasy spoon they had visited upon arrival and hit it off immediately. Abby was a writer at heart and had a stated goal of traveling as much of the United States as possible looking for stories to tell. She was also a vegetarian with very particular eating habits. It was hard to tempt her with a burger as the group found out traveling together. Then there were Alexa and Stacy, two girls from New England with a love of surfing and a healthy disdain for any guy who thought they couldn’t be just as competitive as their male counterparts. And now the legend continues.