Huntington Beach

This weekend, we attended the US Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach.  We only watched 2 heats of head to head battles, but it was pretty fun.  We actually ended up seeing the winner of the whole competition, Julian Wilson, a young dude from Australia.

Then, we watched some amateur skateboarding in a portable skatepark set up on the beach near the pier.  I'm not a skater or a surfer, but I still enjoy watching and taking pictures.

There were lots of vendors and free swag at this event as well.  Definitely had the feeling of a state fair, except the marketing was targeted towards the surfer/skateboarder crowd.  Got some free beef jerky, smoothies, and sunglasses.  The red sunglasses were our free ticket into a musical chairs tournament where the winner won a free Ipad.  Lizzy was in the final 6 with a bunch of muscly dudes.  Unfortunately, she lost and we are still without an Ipad.  If you're reading this blog Apple, we'd still appreciate a free one.

Then we spent the rest of the day, swimmin', reading books, and chillin' on the beach.  It was a good beach day and it's nice to be so close to the ocean now.  Lizzy forgot I that I didn't grow up in California and asked me 'what kind of things I did at the beach growing up'.  I said, "You mean the beaches on the lakes or the few vacations we had down in Florida?".  It's nice to have a cool vacation destination about an hour away from our house.