7 GROMS 8 YEARS LATER
Wrightsville Beach Magazine
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WBM
rounded up a group of groms — short for
grommets, generally defined as skilled,
stoked young surfers — who embraced and
epitomized the label. Eight years later, some
members of the group have stuck around
town, while others diverged to different
parts of the state, country and globe.
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Mason Barnes
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Chase Evans
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