I grew up in Newquay, on the Atlantic coast and there developed a love of the sea and boats.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Anyone who's grown up or lived on the Jersey Shore knows the place is unique.
I love the sea, but I avoid any sort of seaside resort that has skyscrapers or seaside entertainments.
I grew up in a Navy family, and like most service families, we traveled a lot and moved a lot. I grew up on both coasts and in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., in Rockville, Maryland, and have had a great time doing it.
I've taken a mail packet boat along the southern Newfoundland coast and spent some time on St. Pierre and Miquelon watching the seal colonies. I like pine trees. I like cold rivers.
I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.
I enjoyed growing up part of my life in Virginia Beach. We had the ocean and the beach and a beautiful landscape. We were outdoors all the time and we played outside.
I grew up in Pittwater, north of Sydney; Elvina Bay, Scotland Island area. I had to go to school by boat. To get to the mainland, we had to go by boat, so it was just a way of life.
I grew up sailing in the North Sea.
I love the ocean. Boats, not so much.
I've been around the surf culture since I was a kid. I grew up in a beach town in Rhode Island. Then eventually I lived in Dana Point, Calif., a real surf hotbed.