It’s Always Head High

It’s summer on the East Coast, which means small waves and warm water temps. We have had a somewhat surprising July in the respect that we did have waist to chest high swell for a couple of weeks earlier in the month. Even more surprising is the fact that I've ended up body surfing more than stand up surfing during this time. Currently I only have one car, so any surfboard that I bring to the beach has to go on the roof racks. This time of year, my family usually wants to go to the beach too. So basically, if I go to the beach with my family and the waves suck, I now have to deal with dragging the surfboard around. My daughter is to blame for all of this though. She had a friend who had a body surfing hand board. I remember seeing old school versions being made out of ply wood like materials, but this was a new take on it. She ended up getting one for her birthday. Then I used her board, wanted one too and then got one for myself. I already had swim fins, just like my daughter did,...