I have had a lot of friends who are surfers over the years. While it took me a little while to actually cave in and truly fall in love with surfing and surf culture, when I did fall in love I fell hard! The best thing about learning to surf was the difference it made in my physical and mental well being. I still need to learn about surf fitness, since there are some specific areas I really do need to work on, but I like to think I have made a great start and I am really proud of myself!