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I am a surfer, though quite a poor one.

I became third in the U.S. as a junior pro surfer.

I work a lot with my ski sponsor, Head, to develop new technologies.

I was a good surfer because we grew up a block from the water, and my father took us to the ocean the way other fathers take their kids to the park.

I surf, swim, play water polo, and I paddle an outrigger canoe with my team. I'm also a klutz on land, so water is my thing.

I want to try doing sportier things, kite surfing and paddle surfing - I think it would give me that extra confidence.

Growing up, I used to go to an inlet to lay out and try to meet all the surfer guys.

I'm learning kite surfing. It's a little surfboard you have on your feet with straps, and you have a big kite like a power glider in the air that pulls you. You don't need waves to move, and it makes a big spray of water as you go.