Oral History of Matt Clancy

Oral History of Matt Clancy

Oral History, Clancy

New Smyrna Beach (Fla.)

Oral history--United States

Surfing--United States

Surfers--United States

Surfboards

Sharks--Florida

Restaurants--Florida

An oral history with Matt Clancy, a surfer and the owner of Clancy's Mexican Cantina. Clancy moved to New Smyrna Beach, Florida, in 1962 when his father, a member of the United States Air Force, relocated to Central Florida. Clancy began teaching himself how to surf at age six. His six older brothers, as well as friends Mike Martin and Tommy Wright, also helped Clancy learn. As a child, Clancy joined the Smyrna Surfari Club, a social organization founded in 1979 in New Smyrna Beach. He was also a member of the Eastern Surfing Association (ESA) and the National Scholastic Surfing Association (NSSA) and participated in numerous competitions in Florida, Texas, North Carolina, and California. Other topics discussed in the oral history include memories of Central Florida, surfboards, surfing in difficult weather conditions, sharks and shark attacks, surfing injuries, and Clancy's restaurant.

Oral history interview of Matt Clancy. Interview conducted by Erin Wells and Brandon Clark at Daytona State College, New Smyrna Beach-Edgewater Campus in New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

0:00:00 Introduction
0:01:05 Central Florida
0:01:40 Young surfer - siblings
0:02:12 Joining Surfari Club
0:03:18 Surfboards and surfing
0:05:00 Other activities
0:05:20 Competitions
0:06:20 Travel with surfing
0:07:07 Surfing conditions
0:07:40 Marine life
0:09:38 Injuries
0:10:52 Beach life
0:12:39 Positives and negatives of surfing
0:14:08 High school on Barracuda Boulevard
0:14:10 Clancy's specials

Wells, Erin

Clancy, Matt

Clancy, Matt. Interview by Erin Wells and Brandon Clark. Daytona State College, New Smyrna Beach-Edgewater Campus. July 25, 2013. Audio/video record available. Daytona State College, New Smyrna Beach, Florida.

2013-07-25

2014-02-11

Ayers, Kevin

Panilaitis, Chris

Massey, Rachel

Wells, Erin

Clark, Brandon

LeDoux, Lianne

Gibbs-Log, Madi

Daytona State College, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

Daytona State College Collection, Volusia County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

video/m4v

90.9 MB

16-minute, 53-second audio/video recording

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Clancy's Mexican Cantina, New Smyrna Beach, Florida

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Originally created by Erin Wells and Matt Clancy and published by the Daytona State College School for Behavior and Social Sciences.

Copyright to the resource is held by Daytona State College and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

History Skill Building Project 2013, School for Behavior and Social Sciences, Daytona State College

Cepero, Laura

"History." City of New Smyrna Beach, Florida. http://www.cityofnsb.com/198/History.

"About the Club." Smyrna Surfari Club. http://smyrnasurfariclub.com/.

Wells, Erin

Clark, Brandon

Clancy, Matt

Daytona State College-New Smyrna Beach-Edgewater Campus in New Smyrna Beach, Florida

1 audio/video recording

16 minutes and 53 seconds

160kbps