Posted on January 14, 2010 by Srinivas Rao
It’s been a while since I wrote a post here on Stoked for Life because I’ve been really busy with all my other projects and finally have landed in a real job. After almost 5 straight days in the water I figured it was time for a quick look back at the first year of [...]
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Posted on December 15, 2009 by Srinivas Rao
With so many surfers in the water today, how do you get through the crowd to catch a wave? Well, here are 3 main rules that will help you enjoy the day and prevent you from getting your butt kicked.
1. Where to paddle
You’ve been waiting for 15 minutes and you finally see a wave coming [...]
Posted on December 12, 2009 by Srinivas Rao
I was really fortunate to connect with Greg Hulsizer 40 year surfer and board collector. From my conversation I came away with some great insights about life and surfing. I hope you guys enjoy it.
Let’s talk about the addictive aspects of surfing. You mentioned that your daughter and her husband (both avid surfers) are trying [...]
Continue ReadingPosted on December 8, 2009 by Srinivas Rao
“stoked” – adjective – to be “stoked” is to be completely and intensely enthusiastic, exhilarated, or excited about something. those who are stoked all of the time know this; being stoked is the epitome of all being. when one is stoked, there is no limit to what one can do
-Urbandictionary.com
In every life there are moments [...]
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Posted on December 4, 2009 by Srinivas Rao
Saltwater Buddha chronicles the spiritual/surfing journey of Jaimal Yogis. After my initial read of the book, I felt like selling everything I owned, leaving a note for my parents, and just getting on a plane to some developing country with good waves. Jaimal’s journey, which started in high school was a similar path, except he [...]
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Posted on December 1, 2009 by Srinivas Rao
Last night I met up with an old friend who has been going through a somewhat spiritual transformation. He went to burning man and that seems to have started him on a whole new set of adventures. He thought the 20’s were an adventure, and now at the age of 30 he has a whole [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2009 by Srinivas Rao
This post has been brewing in my head for quite some time and I even used the title as a point in another post that I submitted for publication elsewhere. Then I realized this one line is a blog post in and of itself. For the first several months of my surfing experience, I [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2009 by Srinivas Rao
Somebody recently asked me what it felt like to ride a wave. While I’ve thrown probably a dozen posts at you about the subject, today I received a really interesting description from somebody. I was back at Pepperdine talking to my old marketing professor about life and the fact that surfing has become such a [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2009 by Srinivas Rao
People say to find something you are tremendously passionate about and put your heart and soul into it, and what you’ll get out of it will be extremely rewarding. At least that’s what I make of all the things that have been said about finding and doing things you are passionate about. They don’t need [...]
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Posted on November 23, 2009 by Srinivas Rao
Shake the Wipeout
One of the most challenging things about being a surfer is that every single wave is different. The ocean is a dynamic continually changing force of nature and sometimes it beats down on you. Every now and then mother nature can be a bit@#.
Sometimes, when you are attempting to catch a wave [...]
