Author Nancy Gardner. NB Indy file photo. Robert Gardner was a colorful judge in Orange County that loved to go bodysurfing—sometimes between hearing cases. Judge Gardner was also the author of “The Art of Body Surfing” (1972) and “Bawdy Balboa” (1992), about growing up in Newport Beach. Judge Gardner passed away in 2005 at age 93, but his daughter, Nancy Gardner, has continued the family legacy. Nancy Gardner, who graduated from Newport Harbor …
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