Surfing - Your Family's Fountain of Youth

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Well, thatbeats the heck out of the playstation, or hangin'
may be true, it sure can't hurt, and it's tasty, so Iout in the mall by a long shot... and oh yea, by the
think I'll have myself a Granny Smith.way, chicks dig surfers... and just plain everybody
And sure enough, no doctors came slinkin' arounddigs surfer chicks. Not that being cool means a
the house today, like a salesman in the grassdang thing, it's just common knowledge - surfing
trying to sell you his oil, or a mailman working longis cool!
hours after the sun goes down in a part of townThe overall point is, surfing creates a positive
he has no business being in anyway.mindset for you that is to a large degree missing
City life, city dreams and nightmares slowlyin today's culture, and when you're lucky enough
assimilating their way into our waking momentsto share perfect, head-high, waves with just you
and scaring the crap into our subconscious, givingand your friends, there truly is not much of a
us brand-new phobias with impossible names andbetter feeling on this earth.
stars that have long since exploded, just dustyMaybe Christmas morning at age seven could
aftermath remaining, only to one day cross ourcompare. The fact is, I can't thing of a single thing
path.in the world I'd rather be doing than go surfing
Hollywood, you highly entertain me and Angelina,with my kid, in perfect, uncrowded waves. As he
my vibrating chair, and I hate to admit it, but youjust happily agreed himself... so, on Monday, May
also captivate my four dogs, in a very creepy22nd, I am officially giving my fifteen year old son
way that is sure to someday lead to chaos andEric a TK (Truant Kid) pass. We're leaving the
anarchy, and people hiding from the evil red-eyedhouse at 4:30am, and going surfing all day in Playa
robots you so fanatically portray.Pavones, one of the best, longest waves in the
And New York, New York, hey, you set theworld... (and there's a nice looking swell on the
trend, you're the the beginning and the end, youway! Oh, yea!!!!)
are the very motor that drives the world andHere's a few reasons why surfing is a great
God bless you all, but won't someone please tellactivity for kids to take up with their parents:
me, who's greasing that machine? It just couldn't1. It's a great cardio and overall body workout.
be Mister Clean... so why don't we all just go live2. You get to smile and hoot at your kid's waves
our dreams yea let's all be a team, go ride thewhile they race by you.
surf and drop the strife, go down to the tropics,3. You get to laugh and sputter as your kid
and find a wife.carves by and fills your face with spray.
Or find a husband who's truly the man and let him4. You get to steal waves from your children and
teach you how to ride a wave and flow on onethen tackle them at high speed, as old age and
that's made just for you, girl. And then, whentreachery shall always beat youth and skill.
you've finally reached that state of peace surfing5. Simply put, surfing is the ultimate "stress
offers, you'll know without a doubt that beautyreliever"; there's nothing like a good session in the
lies everywhere, and you are truly a lucky humanocean to give you a good night's sleep.
being to be able to appreciate it.6. There's a near endless list of fun pranks you
Having said that... taking your kids to a local surfcan play on your buddies, so that they eat sand
school, or better yet a Costa Rican surf camp,for lunch, wear jellyfish hats, etc.
and teaching them the real wonder of surfing is7. Surfing is an excellent activity for kids to
quite possibly the best activity your kids could do,devote themselves to. Not only is it impossible for
and something they will always, always thank youkids to be out drinking or doing drugs while they're
for!out surfing with you, they can't be drinking or on
And just what is surfing anyway? Well, besidesdrugs, period, as they'll fall off on every wave due
being super fun and very healthy, it keeps themto complete lack of coordination.
off the streets and out of trouble. Surfing gives8. Surfing can and most likely will change your life
kids a positive outlook on life (especially whenin a vary positive way, to where you soon find
surfing/ surf tripping with mom and/or dad). Andyourself and your family living not so far from
for the kids who are reading this, trust me,that most wonderful of places, where we all want
surfing absolutely rules!!!to be, by the beautiful Mother Ocean.
Getting barrelled or doing a big floater or cutback