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.
After graduating from La Jolla High (where he also ran track events), the individual started spending time at the beach with surfers like Robert Norris Rakestraw (born December 8, 1940 and died September 21, 1996), known as Bob to others, and referred to by his friends as "Meda," a term he used in profanity.