Doc Paskowitz
Surfer, Person or entity appearing in film
1921 –
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Who is Doc Paskowitz?
Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz is an American surfer and physician who gave up practicing medicine for a living and decided to become a professional surfer. In 1972, he founded a surf camp run by his family, where campers could live alongside and surf with members of the Paskowitz family. He and his family have been referred to as the "First Family of Surfing".
Famous Quotes:
- A real man is capable of controlling himself before he controls his children.
- It is easier to die when you have lived so I say to young people, go make memories.
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- Born
- Mar 3, 1921
Galveston - Also known as
- Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz
- Dorian Paskowitz
- Dorian Pakowitz
- Dr. Doc Paskowitz
- Dorian 'Doc' Paskowitz M.D.
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Children
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University
( - 1946) - Stanford University School of Medicine
- Doctor of Medicine, Stanford University
- Lived in
- Oahu
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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