Originally Posted by justinsain

A long time ago there used to be a surf shop near the Sebastian Inlet here in Florida. It was a small shop and the guy who owned and ran it was a super nice guy. He didn't surf but was one of those guys that just had a natural ability to sell things. He was one of the first in Florida to offer Lightning Bolt Surfboards that were made famous by Jerry Lopez in the 70s.

He had the only shop in that area and I'd always stop and talk to him and get a bar of wax. He was always encouraging me with my surf photography and being the entrepreneur that he is he even started a surf magazine called SURF if I remember right.

So one day I'm going surfing and stop by his shop and there is a new owner. I asked the new guy what happened and he said the guy sold him the shop and was moving to Miami to write some TV cop show. The guy's name was Mike Mann.

So a few years later Miami Vice comes on TV and I see in the credits Michael Mann and I've always thought it was the same guy but have never confirmed it.