For seven surfing San Diego VIPs among them an astronaut and two Nobel laureates life will always be a beach. And just one more wave. Like a lot of other professional people who have long since outgrown adolescence, I can't wait for the next swell. They figure that's what a surfer is, which couldn't be farther from the truth.
Stereotypes do die hard.
But don't worry about our egos. We're having too good a time offshore to give that stale stereotype a second thought. Actually, only one of San Diego's surfers is an astronaut, and only two hold Nobel Prizes, so far as I know. But many bright young surfers grow up, get degrees, find jobs and continue to find time for the waves. To others, surfing comes late in life.