tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378165655119065283.post1976815038433327997..comments2023-05-30T01:52:33.494-07:00Comments on The uphill struggle - tales from the trail and other adventures: Identity crisisAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00925510806224341694noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5378165655119065283.post-14695935286814301542014-11-17T03:42:30.062-08:002014-11-17T03:42:30.062-08:00I have had very similar thoughts with regard to su...I have had very similar thoughts with regard to surfing. For twenty years I called myself a surfer, but since child #2 and moving to the south coast my water time has dropped so low that I no longer feel like I can truly claim that label. <br /><br />So if I'm not a surfer, what am I? As it happens I was becoming increasingly uncomfortable with labelling myself anyway, mainly due to the 'surfing lifestyle' thrust upon the sport by the huge commercial brands. The surf was pumping this weekend, and I didn't get in... this used to cause me almost physical pain the regret was so strong! Now, shod of the 'surfer' label, I feel more free to be a cyclist, an aquarist, a SF geek, etc etc. I can be all these things without the surfer's 'tribal guilt' that used to accompany missing a good swell. <br /><br />I get in the sea when I can so I'm still, and always will be, a surfer, I'm just not a 'surfer' any more.AshRollshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04819498050427950658noreply@blogger.com