Quoted from... "It's always been assumed that my girlfriend, Judy Bowles, was the blonde role model for 'Surfer Girl.' Blonde and blue eyed, she fit the bill. But this was not so. I wrote Surfer Girl while driving around Hawthorne CA one afternoon. The melody popped into my head as clearly and nearly as complete as you hear it on record today"
Quoted from... "It's always been assumed that my girlfriend, Judy Bowles, was the blonde role model for 'Surfer Girl.' Blonde and blue eyed, she fit the bill. But this was not so. I wrote Surfer Girl while driving around Hawthorne CA one afternoon. The melody popped into my head as clearly and nearly as complete as you hear it on record today"