Hawaiian South Shore's Member of the Month - Mark When and what got you into surfing?  I grew up in Brooklyn, New York so surfing was really limited. My father took my brother and I to Nassau in the Bahamas when I was about 12. They were renting surfboards on the beach, so my dad rented me one and I paddled out, no lessons, no tips, pure kook in the water. It was the late 60's so the board was fairly cumbersome, but there was a young, tan, blonde haired college girl who took pity on me and spent some time teaching me what to do and what not to do. There weren't many surfers out, but the board also didn't have a leash so she was probably trying to protect herself as much as anything.  Where I grew up, surfing wasn't big on the list of things to do. When my mother remarried, she moved to Hutchinson Island, Florida. My wife, who I was dating at the time, took a job in Ocean City, Maryland so it made sense to get a board and start learning to surf.  Did you have a time you weren't surfing? If so, when...

Below is the March Newsletter, it's a member newsletter. All member receive a printed form to collect and share with friends. We used a local printing company and recycled paper. Super Big Mahalo for having interest in the March Newsletter, we've been updating our members via a newsletter for the past 18 years.  - David