This is really a tribute to a website that was called Surf Texas 365. It was one of my favorites and I linked to it from Texas Surfers until it disappeared. I was able to grab some of the photos and info off of the website, though, and I’m posting those here.

Dave Lilliott- Jetty at Surfside, TX, 10/24/00. Photo Leon Bryse

Dan Biddington- the OctaGONE at Surfside, TX 11/24/00. Photo Dave Lilliott

I got tired of hearing how there was no surf in Texas. So in 1999, I got myself a waterproof camera and set out to dispell the fallacy that there was no surf in Texas. Following you will find photos of my ventures up and down the Texas coast, capturing totally ridable surf ridden by surfers with as much stoke as you will find anywhere in the world. We may not get huge surf in Texas, but we get surf just the same. The surf we get simply makes us hungrier for more. Enjoy these photos and keep on surfing! Mahalo! -Dave Lilliott

Most of the pictures on the website weren’t able to be saved. I got everything I could.

Here's a Jansky wahine going right. Surfside, TX, 1/16/00. Photo D. Lilliott

A close-up of Larry gliding by. Surfside, TX, 1/16/00. Photo D. Lilliott

A Texas unknown making a bottom turn. Surfside, TX, 1/23//00. Photo D. Lilliott

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