Vandals deface PBA surf billboard

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Vandalized PBA Billboard. (Photo: Damon Higgins/The Palm Beach Post)
Photographer: Damon Higgins/The Palm Beach Post

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The new PBA billboard that replaced the vandalized one.
Photographer: James Wieland
Copyright (c) 2010 The E. W. Scripps Company

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Posted: 07/30/2010

If you haven driven east on okeechobee through downtown West Palm Beach to get to your favorite break on the island, I'm sure you've seen the big billboard on the right just before passing Palm Beach Atlantic University.  PBA has been promoting the school by how close it is to the beach.  It said "FAST LANE, PBA style"  and had a skimmer ripping a wave on it.  Some though the dude looked like local shredder WILL SMITH.  It wasn't.  Reguardless, the vandals spray painted  "Daddy's $ can't buy you this wave"

The notoriously expensive christian school (20k per semester) said campus security is investigating the crime.  Hard to believe nobody was seen climbing up the billboard and spray painting that whole sentence that takes up the entire sign.  I mean, Okeechobee is a pretty busy road, even in the middle of the night. Not to mention all the condos around.

Oh well, it's already been replaced. The new sign continues the beach theme, but just shows a teacher holding class on the sand.(see photo)

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