After graduating from La Jolla High (where he also ran track), he started hanging out at the beach with a number of surfers, including Robert Norris Rakestraw (December 8, 1940 - September 21, 1996), commonly known as Bob, and to his friends as "Meda", after a word he used as a swear word.
Following graduation from La Jolla High (where he also participated in track events), the individual began frequenting the beach with several surfers, including Robert Norris Rakestraw (born December 8, 1940 and died September 21, 1996), known as Bob to others, and affectionately referred to by his friends as "Meda," a term he used in profanity.