Boardom: John Rothrock

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What's New	Boarding America salutes those individuals who have had a profound influence on the sport and culture of surfing. Meet the men and women who started it all...	Silver Surfers: John Rothrock A mainstay in local surfing circles, Rothrock taught surfing at Edison High school and coached the school's surf team beginning in 1973. On February 4, 1978 he and five individuals met at Edison to lay down the foundation for an amateur surfing organization that would meet the needs of student surfers in America and promote and better the image of the sport. The National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) was born. Rothrock served as president for the association's first years. During that time the NSSA grew from a small, local surfing organization to one of the major athletic organizations in the United States. Rothrock helped organize the first NSSA National Championship in Huntington Beach in 1978 and in 1981 he coached the American team to its first ever victory in international competition in France.
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He coached NSSA National Team member Tom Curren to victory at the 1982 World Amateur Championships in Australia and in 1986 was the director of the international meet in Perth, Australia.
Born March 16, 1943 in Pomona, John attended California State Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo and received his B.S. degree in printing engineering and management in 1966. He earned his M.A. degree in career guidance at California State University in Long Beach in 1974. Rothrock led the NSSA during some of its most formative and exciting years when competitive surfing was finally becoming acknowledged as an international sport. His efforts forged the way for world champions Tom Curren and Kelly Slater. Much of his life was dedicated to teaching individuals, especially young people.