How come people assume that everyone from California surfs?
109040
Also...everyone assumes that every single house has a pool in the backyard, too. What people forget now is that California is one of the most expensive states in which to live - and most people are too busy scrambling for a living to do anything but WORK!
830023
My ex was from Cali. ( he lived in San Fran, then Santa Barbara.) Being a mid-westerner myself, I always had pre-conceived notions of people from Cali. I finally went ther in 2004. The people were so chill and laid back! I loved it! I would definetely live there, even though I think I am a little more conservative then some of the people there.
482167
Most skateboards like to surf because most skaters live along the coastline which means their peer group is into surfing. I would think snowboarding would be easier to learn tho.
1174957
I work in an intermediate school in the far corner of the US on a tropical island. Most of the students in this school have ancestors who have lived in this archipelago for hundreds or thousands of years. \n\nTheir whole lives, they read books and textbooks about people who live thousands of miles away in a four-season climate. They watch movies and TV shows about these people who never go squidding, never hunt pigs, wouldn't know an 'ulua from a mahi, don't own a rice cooker, can't surf, never paddled an outrigger canoe, and can't even hula. The limits of the interest these kids have in people who live so far away have been reached and passed. \n\nMost kids of 14 and under anywhere don't even know enough about how people live in different parts of the world to sustain enough interest to read a textbook chapter on the subject, let alone a whole textbook. In a way that's because their brains are still developing the ability to think abstractly. \n\nThey really aren't able to "put themselves in the shoes" of someone who disagrees with them, or has a different kind of background. They'll say something like , "The Bible is nonfiction," and they're not going to be able to process the idea that most people in the world do not believe or worship the same as they do in their families. And if you try to get them to think like someone who lived in the past, most just would not be able to do that. \n\nTo be honest, some people don't develop any kind of interest in world history or geography (sorry, I'm a geographer, can't get away from it) until they have graduated from high school. That being said, I have made a deliberate effort to bring videos into classrooms that open a window into how people live and have lived in other parts of the world. I showed my Latino, African, and American Black 5th graders in Washington, DC a documentary about Hawaiians rediscovering the ancient art of navigation by the stars. Those Hawaiians sailed a double-hulled canoe thousands of miles with no GPS, no sextant, no compass and landed in Tahiti. I actually know a few of the crew members personally! I showed my 7th graders in Hawaii a documentary about the overthrow of apartheid in South Africa. They were able to understand what happened in South Africa, because they know what happened in Hawaii.\n\nKids this age are probably more ready for bits and pieces of world history than the school systems give them credit for. They may not ready for a systematic study of the history of the whole world.
841528
I do not live in the bay area, but you can find many people that live in that area by going to www.americanparkour.com.  There should be a California thread and people that live in that area.
65368
I believe it's California.
257583
The upshot of it is:  Because if you travel along the Eastern Seaboard you will have to pass through [the coasts of] many states that together make up the Eastern Seaboard (like the many panels that makeup a wooden floor, for instance).  In other words, the Eastern Seaboard is a composite coast (though obviously in political and not geological sense) made up of the combined coastlines of many states.  ...Whereas the "West Coast" essentially refers to the Coast of California.   ...Oregon and Washington State coastal area is referred to as the Pacific Northwest (Coast).
217463
I surf and i am from florida.
426938
The days of "real" localism are pretty much over. Too many lawsuits and too many video cameras. \n\nThe fact is, if you want to get local surfers to "let" you surf their spot, you just need to paddle out and do it. There really isn't any right way to do it. \n\nYou will need fairly thick skin at first though, as you might get barked at, burned a lot, or just see a lot of stink-eye. \n\nThe absolute key though is CONSISTENCY. Here's why:\n\nNo one - not even the grumpiest local - likes to yell at people or hassle kooks ALL the time. Nor do the other regulars (notice that I didn't say "locals") like it when their buddy is hassling with someone. It messes up the whole vibe in the water for everyone. \n\nWhich basically means if they start to recognize your face and realize that you're not going away, you're in. No more hassles. No one is going to hassle someone who surfs their same break every day. Who the hell wants that kind of headache day in and day out? \n\nAnd see, that's the whole dynamic. 80% of the guys out at any given "localized" spot are not locals in the true sense. They might be transplants. They might even live in a nearby town and drive there every single day. What they are, are REGULARS. \n\nAnd as soon as you become a regular, you're in. They might not high-five you in the water, but there sure as hell won't hassle you. They'll be too busy hassling the guy they've never seen before and trying to get him to leave...and never come back. \n\nYou with me? So paddle out already. Then do it again. And again. And again.
1039831
I lived all my life in Califronia.  I been to Texas, never been to NY and Florida.  We have 3 beuatiful cities, San Diego, LA, and San Francisco.  The weather is great year round.  We also have beaufiful deserts and mountains.  I love living in the west coast.
397008
If you mean "the West Coast of the U.S.", then it's for two major reasons:\n\n1.)  Pacific hurricanes usually form at a low latitude, where they're separated from the latitudes of CA northward by a ridge of high pressure.  This prevents directs storm westward while preventing northward movement, especially during the height of the season.\n\n2.)  The waters off the West Coast all always far too cold to support hurricanes.
369379
I'm guessing that "beach music" is the same as "surf music", or the West Coast sound...it certainly would make sense.\nIt surfaced (sic) in the mid-60s, spearheaded by groups such as The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, The Ventures, The Surfaris, and a dozens or so other groups who, although didn't nearly reach the success of the aforementioned groups, still contributed to the sound.\nThe vast majority of the music revolved around common themes around the California coast...fast cars, babes, surfing, babes, car wrecks, babes, the beach, babes...\nMost of the music was pretty cool, it spawned tons of beach party movies, and was a constant staple in most every jukebox across the country. Did I say the music has a lot to do with babes??\n\nAnd if this isn't the same as "beach music", well, nevermind!\nAfter your additional details, I'm pretty sure it still applies..more like music that targets a certain part of the country.\n\nSorry, I'm not familiar with "The Flashbacks".
92836
Because it is a trend thing--like most things in California. Someone makes it cool, and then everyone has to follow it. Why not do something because you like it--even if no one else does? Be original. :-D
880420
What exactly are you asking? those that live close to beaches swim in the ocean, those that dont, do not.\nMost people around the world do not swim for sport that is really only popular in western countries.\nIn Mexico they have cliff divers but they do it for money not fun.\nMy relatives live in the North of Luzon in the interior of that Island and do not swim.(they dont have a pool)\nI also have a cousin that lives in the south of luzon but very close to a beach and so swims fairly often.
207705
It is because Easterners were the ones to name the parts of the Country. Note how California isn't part of the South (which really refers to the South Eastern portion of the United States) and the Mid-West is closer to the East Coast than the West Coast. Additionally, California is friggenly huge, it can be considered both South West and North West, depending on which part of the state you're in.
953624
It represents a large portion of the water available to the southwest and southern California.  Lots of people need lots of water, and this region doesn't have much water other than the Colorado River drainage.
585298
I don't surf, it's a bit tricky to learn when you come from a county surrounded by land :)