Huntington Beach surf photographer John Salanoa told the OC Register that Joseph Taylor was “a standout surfer growing up, but through the years struggled with a substance-abuse problem.” This was not, by any means, Joseph Taylor’s first brush with the law-in 2009, he was convicted of kidnapping and carjacking and in 2007, a “DUI causing injury and hit-and-run with great bodily injury,” and various other offences. “Once it happens, our fear is he will flee.” The Taylor family kept a yacht in Newport Beach and traveled extensively throughout Mexico. Taylor, we believe, has the means to make $1 million bail,” said Deputy District Attorney Jess Rodriguez. They were known for surfing well and partying hard, and the Gang was inducted into Huntington Beach’s Surfing Walk of Fame in 2011.Īt Taylor’s initial hearing in 2015, his bail was raised from $1 million to $3 million. “Mr. It was named for a hole in the retaining wall under a sea cliff in front of where the gang surfed. The Hole in the Wall Gang was a group of Huntington Beach surfers who, at the time, didn’t like the way surfing was going. Set on Main Street in Huntington Beach, Surf City Ale House offers appetizing meals featuring local and seasonal cuisine with breathtaking views of Southern. “The men are Taylor’s 27-year-old brother, Matthew Austin Taylor their 36-year-old friend Travis James Sprague and the brothers’ 67-year-old father, John Reid Taylor,” Alma Fausto explained at the time for the OC Register. In all, four men were arrested, but only Taylor was held on charges. Fox News reported that “the murder of his brother’s ex should look like a ‘robbery gone bad.'” According to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, after he agreed to pay the undercover officers, he was arrested and charged with solicitation of murder and attempted murder. In that meeting, Taylor said he would pay $12,000 to have the woman-who asked to remain unnamed-killed because she was attempting to get money out of the family. “Huntington Beach police were tipped off on his plot and arranged to have undercover officers – posing as hit men – meet with Taylor in the Westminster Mall parking lot.” An oil slick believed to have originated from a pipeline leak has hit Huntington Beach, closing a stretch of beach and raising grave wildlife and environmental concerns. “According to court records, Taylor told a friend that he wanted to have his brother’s former wife killed before an upcoming child-custody hearing between the ex-couple,” wrote Kelly Puente for the OC Register. It was May of 2015 when Taylor, then 29, attempted to pay hitmen to kill his brother’s ex-wife. The Taylor family is well-known in the Huntington Beach surfing community. On March 27th, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison. Stay tuned to all of GrindTV’s social media channels and here on the site, as we’re on the sand providing some insight all week and weekend long.In mid-March, Joseph Jordan Taylor, the 32-year-old son of John Reid Taylor of the legendary Hole in the Wall Gang, pleaded guilty to an attempted murder-for-hire plot that occurred in 2015. The action is just getting started in Huntington, and keeping an eye on these scary encounters with the pier will be merely one facet of the week and weekend to come. Andre completed the wave on the north side with a few more turns, garnering one of the better waves of the contest so far. Nabbing a rare barrel on the south side of the pier, Andre came flying out with speed and directly shooting the pier to the north side. Lopes came out of the water with his face bloody, apparently suffering a broken nose, some lacerations, a snapped board and a possible concussion.įellow Brazilian surfer Jadson Andre ended up faring the best so far. Lopes threw a big backside turn very close to the pier and came down hard, being pushed with the whitewater directly into the pylons. Thankfully, she came away unscathed by utilizing some incredibly quick reflexes.īrazilian surfer Bino Lopes was not as fortunate as Peterson.
Photo: Courtesy of Sean Rowland/ WSLĮarlier in the week women’s Championship Tour surfer Lakey Peterson had a very close run-in with the pier in her round 1 heat. Dana Brown, 60, was surfing Huntington Beach when he was slammed by a wave into a pier pillar Nov. Patrick Gudauskas shooting the HB Pier in 2016. A Florida surfer who dreamed of riding Southern California waves has died doing what he loved.
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