2 - year ▁period , ▁and ▁he ▁hasn ' t ▁much ▁bother ed ▁with ▁it ▁since ▁ 1 9 7 1 . ▁Nevertheless , ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁great ▁images ▁from ▁the ▁' 6 0 s ▁golden ▁age ▁of ▁sur f ing , ▁regardless ▁of ▁the ▁magazine , ▁bear ▁the ▁ins cription ▁" Photo : ▁Gran nis ". ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁fed ▁up ▁with ▁increased ▁competition ▁for ▁the ▁perfect ▁angle , ▁Gran nis ▁quit ▁shooting ▁sur f ing ▁and ▁soon ▁found ▁himself ▁involved ▁in ▁hang ▁gl iding . ▁The ▁sport ▁replaced ▁sur f ing ▁in ▁his ▁life , ▁and ▁he ▁held ▁a ▁brief ▁st int ▁as ▁photograph er ▁for ▁H ang ▁Gl iding '' ▁magazine . ▁Several ▁inj uries , ▁including ▁a ▁badly ▁f ract ured ▁leg ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁caused ▁him ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁new ▁out let . ▁This ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁wind sur f ing . ▁Until ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁Gran nis ▁both ▁engaged ▁in ▁and ▁photograph ed ▁the ▁sport . ▁ ▁Gran nis ▁moved ▁with ▁his ▁wife ▁to ▁Car ls bad , ▁California ▁after ▁ret iring ▁from ▁Pacific ▁Bell ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 . ▁Gran nis ▁married ▁K atie ▁La Ver ne ▁T racy ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 9 , ▁when ▁she ▁was ▁ 2 0 , ▁and ▁the ▁couple ▁had ▁four ▁children - ▁Kit , ▁Frank , ▁Nancy , ▁and ▁John , ▁six ▁grand children - ▁Robert , ▁C ind y , ▁Alan