Maybe this is already common knowledge but I just found this out tonight, a few minutes ago. Jay Stone passed away while in Canada of a heart attack on August 16th. He was a close friend of mine and I lost touch with him a few years ago when I moved North. He is the one who introduced me to Clyde Beatty when I went with him to Santa Barbara to pick up a few new "Blue Cheer" surfboards that Max Macdonald shaped for him. It was because of that trip with him that I became part of the "Beatty Bunch". I'm really bummed. I know many of you guys who frequent this forum probably knew Jay and knew what a wonderful guy he was. He will be missed! I don't know if he still had the "Blue Cheer" dive shop in Santa Monica any longer or not. Perhaps his son has taken it over. If anyone has any more information, I would like to know. Now I need to go cry for a while.