{"id":63032,"date":"2020-08-14T13:16:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T20:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=63032"},"modified":"2020-08-14T13:26:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T20:26:28","slug":"joe-curren-responds-to-gofund-me-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=63032","title":{"rendered":"Joe Curren Responds To GoFund Me Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

A surfboard shaper from the East Coast (Paul J. Schmidt<\/strong><\/a>) created a gofundme campaign to raise money for legendary surfboard shaper Pat Curren<\/strong> and his wife Mary<\/strong> after meeting them in the Swami’s parking lot in Encinitas, California. You may remember two of Pat’s sons (Tom<\/strong> and Joe)<\/strong>. We didn’t post the original gofundme story for all kinds of reasons, none of which is that we don’t want to help surf legends in need. Now, thanks to a post on BeachGrit<\/strong><\/a> we learned a little more about the Curren family’s side of the story from Joe Curren<\/strong>. Here’s how he responded on Instagram:<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been getting a lot of questions and reading stories about a go fund me campaign recently set up for my dad asking for $100,000 to help him with financial issues. Yes, it\u2019s true he\u2019s struggling financially. The truth is, this has been going on for a long time. I speak for all of the Curren family when I say we love and care about my dad very much. My brother Tom and I, my sisters Anna and Malie, my dad\u2019s brothers Mike and Terry and the entire family have all have been quietly trying to help him, doing the best we can, for years and years. It has been challenging and complicated, and we have always run into a major road block. We don\u2019t know the person who started the go fund me. We first heard about the campaign Sunday morning on my dad\u2019s birthday, after it was launched. We were surprised and disappointed that we were not notified about the campaign beforehand. We\u2019ve always respected my dad\u2019s wish to keep this kind of stuff private. Now it\u2019s gone public. Its nice to see the positive statements being made about my dad. It\u2019s sad to see the negative comments being said from people who don\u2019t know the whole story. We hope my dad gets the money, he deserves it.<\/a><\/p>\n

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