This story begins ten years ago in the year 2000. My transition from Northern California to San Diego, specifically Pacific Beach, specifically one block up from a great surfing beach, was complete.

Among Skip Frye’s many milestones at Broome High School, the longtime track and cross country coach and athletic director has no trouble singling out his favorites. “Coaching my kids in cross country, ...

Thirty Years Ago Sunday morning in the little desert pit stop of Burro Bend. Everything’s quiet. The sun has just risen over the Salton Sea; in the light, it looks like a vast oil slick. The gas ...

LAKELAND — For most of his life, Skip Frye has had the blues — and he's loved every minute of it. Frye can frequently be seen on stage at clubs and venues around Polk County, his face contorting in ...

As part of the big Vans U.S. Open of Surfing, the Surfers’ Hall of Fame holds its annual induction ceremony. This year, the party is at 10 a.m. July 26. It is held in the Surfers’ Hall of Fame Plaza ...

In 1981 Steven "Skip" Frye stepped foot on the Broome High School campus as a teacher, now 41 years later, no one will be able to step foot on the track at Broome without seeing his name. On Thursday ...

SAN DIEGO — When her husband, surfing legend Skip Frye, got sick from surfing in polluted water, Donna Frye decided to get political. She went to the City Council and asked that it fix the leaky sewer ...

Skip Frye, a surfing legend, is not exactly the kind of guy who springs to mind when the topic turns to politics. Frye, his skin parched to a leathery auburn, is renowned in these parts for his skill ...

San Diego, long ago called America's Finest City by its boosters, may soon have America's gnarliest mayor. Donna Frye-- City Council member, environmentalist, gadfly, surf shop owner and wife of Skip ...