Paulsen writ 340

South Central Surfers provides less fortunate children to come out to the beach and enjoy the surf. This gives them the opportunity to get themselves out of their urban environment and their comfort area. We will provide all the equipment necessary and teaching to provide a quality time. We do not want any of the kids or their families to feel burden by the price or any of the expenses. So that they do not have to worry about paying for it, but be in the moment and enjoy the surf. We will also work on getting pro-surfers to come out and teach a class or two. I am not the best surfer, but I can go out and catch a few waves. Whenever I go out onto the water I come out being happy and ready for the day ahead of me.  This will be a place where the children not only feel safe, but are able seek advice or talk to someone about anything in their life. We will teach them how to surf and along the way learn valuable life skills. This will give them the opportunity to enjoy nature ...

Surfing it is fun and relaxing, which I believe everyone should have access to. I personally am not the best surfer in the world, but I can catch a wave. It is a awesome way to start your day and gives you time to think about your day or life. My idea is to have a pro gram were people from different communities come take lessons and just surf. These people would be people who wouldn’t normally be able to have access to surfing. They wouldn’t just learn how to surf, but be able to meet people from different communities than their own and gain a new hobby from it.

Over the past weekend the sailing team and I went to a regatta at Stanford. After a long grueling drive from LA to the San Mateo Marriott, we were able to relax in the hot tub and talk about the upcoming racing. Before regattas we talk about different factors that might affect or racing at the venue. Some of these factors are wind speed, current, and where the course might be on the water. Unlike the forecast, it turned out to be a windy day, which in my opinion makes sailing easier. During this day our team were getting consistent scores in the top 10, which means that we were most likely in the top three. Sailing is like golf, the least amount of points win. Nearing the end of the day we were in second place, with University of Hawaii in first and Stanford in third. Stanford prides in themselves always winning, so they were pretty pissed. Our regattas are fleet racing, which means that 18 boat are racing against each other. Instead of sailing their own race, Stanford started to go o...