Alec Yuzhbabenko had just parked his car at the North End last summer and was about to get his surfboard out when the call came.
With his cellphone pressed to his ear, he could hardly believe what he was hearing from developer Mike Culpepper.
Pharrell Williams, an international music superstar, liked his surf park idea?
Did he really want to be a partner in the project and believe it would reshape the face of Virginia Beach?
“I was in disbelief,” said Yuzhbabenko, 27. “I forgot where I was and what was going on.”
