I've only gone twice, but I'm getting used to catching the waves, and soon I hope to be standing up and riding them consistently. The folks at the Santa Cruz Surf Shop have also been really helpful in addition to being really cool too. If the Stanford Mens Basketball team is not in town, I'm most likely up in Tahoe. Another great thing about San Jose is the people that make up the heart and soul of this great city. I've been really lucky to have grown up with some awesome neighbors.
People here are friendly and just plain nice.
One of the neighborhood kids that I grew up with and is probably the friend I've known for the longest is Lance Crannell. We went to elementary school, middle school and high school together, and we darn near went to college together too. That last part was definitely my bad for not keeping in touch as well as I should have. In any case, Lance and I are now keeping in touch again, but since we're always traveling, it's mostly been on e-mail. With his trip to Brazil, then New York and Chicago, I conceded year one to Lance.