“I could always tell the guys that had a surfing background because their approach was so different,” he explains, “You can always tell the people that know how to read the waves.”Īfter watching Buck slash waves without a kite, his surf lineage is undeniably present in his kitesurfing. As a lifetime surfer with a long history rooted in Santa Cruz surf culture, it’s easy for Buck to pick out the paddlers. Together, the two of them stare out the windshield of his rusty, beat up Toyota breadbox, as some of Central California’s best kitesurfers hack the tops off the blown out surf. Perched next to him in the passenger seat sits Sancho, his boxer pit bull mix, who, like Buck, is a little rough around the edges, but as noble as they come. He reaches for a beer from the six-pack in his footwell, pops the top and takes a swig. Dirt brown dust fills the air a far less intrusive substance than the fiberglass and resin particles he’s used to huffing down inside his Westside shaping shack. Rolling down Highway 1 after a Sunday afternoon surf, Buck skids the right hand corner into Waddell’s parking lot. Having given Buck his first kite-assisted body-drag lesson, traveled to mysto spots with him up north and enjoyed a number of Noe shapes underfoot for nearly two decades, our staff salutes Tyrone “Buck” Noe for all the good rides. We published this story on Buck back in our Summer 2016 issue and are deeply saddened to say goodbye to our friend far too soon. Buck was not only a prodigious shaper of kite surfboards for the local kiteboarding community, but was also one of the most talented backside rippers on the North Coast. In the first week of May 2022 we lost Santa Cruz kitesurfer and surfboard shaper Buck Noe.
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