Goal: March 2008

At this rate, I'm never going to get out in the water. So I'm putting a goal down in writing. I'm shooting for catching my first waves in March of 2008.

Why wait so long? A few reasons:

• I need to get in the kind of shape required to surf the Lake Superior waves, both because of the temperature and unpredictability of the lake.
• I need to save up some cash to be able to buy a wetsuit, booties, hood and board. That's at least a $700 investment.
  
• I'm waiting until March so that I can catch the Spring waves and not have to deal with the lows in January and February. I'm not a glutton for that kind of punishment.

I figure I need to shed about 50 pounds by then and build up my paddling muscles. March it is then.

Think surfing on a lake isn't dangerous?

I found this link on the Superior Surf Club forum. As one guy said, on the lake you have less time to recover because the waves come in much quicker than on the ocean. Also makes me want to invest in some epoxy.

Favorite surf movies

So the free DVD turned out to be pretty bad; just a marketing piece slapped together to get a few more people to buy the latest edition of the magazine. And speaking of marketing, there was an article in Surfing Magazine about some of the top surfer's favorite surf films. Only two of them listed my personal favorite, Endless Summer II.

Maybe there were too many expectations that the film would be like the first film. Or maybe some surfers saw it as a marketing gimmick to make money off of the Endless Summer name.

I saw ES II when I first moved to Minnesota, in the middle of winter after just getting married. It was a life-saver on a cold winter day. Maybe that's why it's still my favorite.

Filmmaking Issue

I bought the latest issue of Surfing Magazine at lunch today. Can't wait to get home and pop in the DVD that came wrapped with this issue on filmmaking.

Maybe it will inspire me to make the move to one of the coasts where I will become the next Bruce Brown.

Most likely, Charlie Brown.