I am happily married with two teenage kids. I joined this forum to share my stoke for stand up paddle surfing. I am 52 yrs old and fell in love with ocean at age of 7 when I learned to body surf, as well as matts and belly boards. I got my first surfboard at age 10, rode shortboards my whole life, until I discovered SUP surfing in the summer of 2007. I worked as the associate editor for supsurfmag.com for 3 years and now work as marketing director for Paddle Surf Hawaii.