ABOVE: Dozens of longtime surfers gathered last month for the opening of the Surfing Florida Museum at its new home in West Palm Beach. BELOW: A hand-crafted board by Nomad Surf Shop legend Ron Heavyside is part of the collection. The museum is open
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Workers stand near lumber retrieved from the Lofthus that was piled on the beach for transport to the mainland. Photos provided by the John Henry Moore Collection, Broward County Historical Archives, Broward County Library
123 years after the Lofthus
The Coquimbo stands grounded on a reef in this 1909 image.
Photo courtesy of the Boynton Beach City Library
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By Cheryl Blackerby
Steven Dennison walked out of his home in Briny Breezes on a
