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Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz was a Stanford-educated physician who famously abandoned a traditional medical career to pursue a nomadic surfing lifestyle. Alongside his wife and nine children, he traveled in camper vans for decades, practicing a philosophy of holistic health and rejecting formal education. Known as the patriarch of the "First Family of Surfing," his unconventional parenting and strict wellness rules were later profiled in the documentary "Surfwise." Beyond his personal life, Paskowitz was a humanitarian who founded Surfing For Peace to bridge cultural divides by delivering surfboards to Gaza. He remained a prominent health guru and icon in the surfing community until his passing in 2014 at the age of 93.