GET STOKED
If you have ever ridden a wave, it probably began on a bodyboard. A lifelong surfer, my adventure began on a crappy rented "boogie board" in Huntington Beach CA. I was 9 years old and I can still feel the rush of sliding down that first "monster" wave, grinning ear to ear, riding it like a complete dork, straight, all the way to the sand. I was stoked and hooked. This was the insight and the magic of the modern-day bodyboard: you don't need a lot of ability to access and ride waves. And once you are really good, the real monster waves will be waiting.