This world makes no sense... Worm finally lost his battle with cystic fibrosis and left us forever. He was kind, gentle, selfless, full of love for life and other human beings... and he was very young. Why Worm? This world makes no sense...
Below is the famous portrait of Steve Lis taken by Warren Bolster in 1973. The board in the photo is now cared for by Cher and Steve Pendarvis...Cher was kind enough to let me ride it a few summers ago, as shown in the frame grab cuttie below.
"We're just gonna keep surfing and keep making boards and it doesn't matter what the media or the industry thinks because it wasn't about them to begin with."
- STEVE LIS, HYDRODYNAMICA INTERVIEW HAWAII, 2006.