Guys that surf [[ages 17-21]]?

Question

How did you start?

Why?

I used to surf, its been so long though!

Any tips?

I ask guys not because they are better, which most are from what ive seen, but because every guy that Ive asked has always given me an awesome story and reason why they started.

Im not lookin for the answer "Cause I wanted to pick up hot chicks"....

haha

but if thats the reason, then okay then. :)

Answer 1

I started when i was like 14 I used to go to the beach a lot and was just infatuated with these guys surfing making real fluid motion with the waves which would pound the c**p out of me on shore and instead i want to ride the waves instead of getting demolished by it. So ever since i rode my first wave i was hooked it turned from a hobby to just what i do all the time I love every single time i catch a nice long right pumping for speed squeezing into tight little nuggets, the whole feeling of paddling out into the line up saying hi or conversing with people you met out there. its a sense of belonging I also do it to just clear my head from stress plus its the only work out i do and I surf almost everyday for hours at a time

theres plenty of tips but mostly have fun and charge dont hesitate or think about getting worked and enjoy every single second of it

Answer 2

I'm a surfer girl, almost 17, but I'm really bored and can rip better than half of the guys out there :] so I'll answer anyway-

I live in SoCal, and I started surfing at around 5 years old- my mom was a pro skater, and my dad loved to surf and was best friends with the makers of Hurley, Op, Reef... all the guys in the surf industry. When I was just 7years old, he passed on, but I still continued to surf. His ashes were spread out over our favorite surf spot- and whenever I surf now, anywhere along the Cali coast, it's as it I can connect with him, and part of his memory is in the water, part of him lives on while I surf. To this day, I still surf every day, and still practice the basics he taught me when I was just a little kid. I feel like nothing bad can happen out there, because he's always watching over me  when I surf. If I close my eyes out there, it's almost as if I'm that skinny little grommet with my freckly tanned skin and tangled white blond hair again, with my daddy out next to me, pushing me off into my first wave.

That's my story and that's why I surf.

Surf because you love it, and surf from the soul- that's the best tip there is.

Answer 3

I surf because it is a good way to get away in to nature. I also find it a great way to talk to my Lord. I find that if don't get out for a while and when i do i feel a bit rusty but after a few waves it starts coming back to me. Nothing i have done in sports or any hobby that i have ever done than what compares to getting an awesome wave. I cant tell you how many time i have said, "that was the best wave of my life". SO get out there Surf and most of all have fun man. so my tip is to just have fun dont get all worried about being better than someone else just do it for yourself man.