Huntington Beach surfing legend busted on drug, gun charges
The Orange County Register is reporting that Huntington Beach surfing legend Joey Ray Hawkins, a 1990s world longboard champion was arrested recently on drug charges. He allegedly had a loaded 9 mm handgun near the city's youth shelter, officials said.
Hawkins, 39, apparently never did much with his championship and faded away, the paper reports.
Photo from OCregister.com, from the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
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