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Local rivalries are a glorious thing, and when it comes to surf, perhaps no other rivalry has burned as bright or shaped the world we know and ride waves in quite like the epic headbutting of Hobie Alter and Dale Velzy.
Hermosa Beach, in the South Bay of Los Angeles, is steeped in surf history. Icons of the yore, who paved the way for modern day surfing in Hermosa, then