You may have heard the saying “only a surfer knows the feeling”. I’ve said it at least a few times in the pages of this blog.
As we grow in our surfing abilities from the hours and hours spent in the water… or because you can surf in a wave pool now I should say ocean. Surfers all share experiences that only surfers experience. Surfing is a difficult activity, the excitement, fun, disappointments, challenges and even fears encountered in the ocean are all shared by surfers. So in that sense surfers are like a community.
Sure we are all different
individually but the shared experiences make us surfers unique. As an example..
I live and surf (for the most part) in
I’ve recently had a very kind and powerful experience from the surfing community which I talked about in my last post. The raffle that was put together at Ventura Surf Shop for me and my wife to raise some funds to help us with the damaging affects to our home from flooding last year. A different kind of experience than surfing but coming from surfers, some I know and many I’ve not met... from the surfing community.
The kindness and generosity felt is not easy to put into words. Overwhelming is one word. Heartfelt is another. I’ll add very heartfelt. Saying thank you seems a weak response, but I don’t know of other words that convey Thank You with deep heartfelt meaning.
So I’ll say this, a heart felt Thank You to all and every one that participated. Our ( my wife and my ) stress level was eased for sure. And again thank you Blinky for making it all happen.
So Suzi my wife, reached into the bowl of raffle tickets. The phone number on the ticket was called…. And we had a winner.
D.R.
Ray our winner with his new Penetrator. Ray, if you see this, sorry I was not able to meet you when you came out to pick up your prize. Not knowing when you might come I got stuck prepping sand bags, preparing for the storm that was coming.
