WEATHER ALERT

A frost advisory in effect for St. Johns, Coastal, Inland Region

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JOE ROLAND

‘He put Jacksonville surfing on the map’: Community remembers surfing legend Joe Roland

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Jacksonville’s surfing community gathered on Tuesday to commemorate the life of Joe Roland, a 73-year-old surfing legend who grew up in Atlantic Beach, pulled off an incredible upset win at the 1968 East Coast Surfing Championships at just 17 years old, and was elected to the East Coast Surf Legends Hall of Fame in 1998.