Surfing Waves

what do you do for fun? other than work and school because we all know thats the ultimate path to fun.

Personally I like to do a few things.

Day hiking/backpacking
Brewing my own beer is one thing I am getting into
Shaping surfboards.
Doing Rallye Cross in my subaru wrx

anything interesting about you guys and your hobbies?

i like reading and playing my guitars. i spend to much time on the internet when theres not surf. i want to get a longboard skateboard too. other than that just hanging out with friends, girlfriend, sometimes wake sking and swimming.

Coding all day and sometimes going for a long cycle... then hanging with friends some nights.

My ultimate aim is to get enough small autonomous businesses up-and-running on the side to fund the better things in life (surfing, travelling, relaxing).

what kind of coding do you do?

I am pretty decent in some web stuff.. php, css, html(hehe)

not really programming though.. i guess php is considered programming but nothing like some of the other stuff out there.. its so sloppy.

and yeah.. i spend WAY too much time on the internet too.. i swear if i am not working or at school.. (assuming waves are flat) i feel like i am on the internet.. if i go 2 days without it i wonder about what i am missing..

Play games (360 & PS3) or mountain biking when the weather is nice. I spend lots of time browsing the net when I'm not doing either of those though

greg@hoodatsurfco wrote:what kind of coding do you do?

Right now I pretty much use Java exclusively for coding webapps (communicating with some XML APIs, like Google Checkout and Plesk). Alongside valid, strict, semantic HTML/CSS, of course.

I used to use PHP a few years ago - and still help out a friend that runs his game-hosting business on it - but I agree: it's sloppy and I'm not really a fan.

Used a few languages a lot in the past (C/C++ mostly), but found inner-peace with Java.

mmmm, what do I do when I am not surfing....or working(2nd line IT support for the Canadian Army).

Well right now training for my first Ironman(Florida, November 07), is taking up alot of time, those dammed 3 hour runs and 6-7 hour rides take alot of your day up. Other then that, I race mountain bikes on wednesday/thursday nights. I think I am solo'ing an 8 hour mtb race end of september. I also end up playing alot of video games with my friends on weekends when I am not training(mostly Wii). Oh, and the last month, play about 36 holes of golf over the weekend....

So lots of sports.....it is something fun that kills time. Oh, and latley, doing everything I can to save up my money, so I can actually afford to move to Australia. Though I think that I will end up just putting alot of stuff on my credit card at first the way bills just keep comming in.

When not surfing I spend most my time either doing:

Programming/Web design (xhtml, css, php, mysql and all that other crap - im currently programming/designing my own ecommerce site which i hope i can live off very soon! )
Weight lifting
Reading
watching movies
going out with friends
seeing the missus

Well, I haven't quite gotten into surfing yet.....(I'm working on it!) But in the meantime....

I'm in college for filmmaking with a double minor in theatre and opera. Other than that....

Fencing
Martial Arts
Art (concept, storyboarding, and costume design)
Classical piano
Different kinds of dance
Saving up money to study abroad and hopefully permanently transfer to New Zealand. (So I hear ya Batman!)

^*^BATMAN^*^ wrote:move to Australia. .

this is something i want to do SO badly... but i should probably visit first.. but just based on my reading of the life style.. quality of people.. and government it sounds more exciting/moral than the USA.

greg@hoodatsurfco wrote:

^*^BATMAN^*^ wrote:move to Australia. .

this is something i want to do SO badly... but i should probably visit first.. but just based on my reading of the life style.. quality of people.. and government it sounds more exciting/moral than the USA.

I cant wait. I just talked to my uncle lastnight. He works for Air Canada, so he can get a pass for me, so aslong as I fly with him, I can do a flight from Vancouver to Sydney for about $300. I am stoked.

^*^BATMAN^*^ wrote:

greg@hoodatsurfco wrote:

^*^BATMAN^*^ wrote:move to Australia. .

this is something i want to do SO badly... but i should probably visit first.. but just based on my reading of the life style.. quality of people.. and government it sounds more exciting/moral than the USA.

I cant wait. I just talked to my uncle lastnight. He works for Air Canada, so he can get a pass for me, so aslong as I fly with him, I can do a flight from Vancouver to Sydney for about $300. I am stoked.

that is uber sweet, but from what i have heard New Zealand is beter than OZ, but i mean that is just from what i've heard

true???

love offshore sailing, on tallships or yachts but only get to do it once or twice a year (why do i have such expensive hobbies)
reading absolutly anything
anything to do with global climate change (im a bit of a geek)
travelling
diving
music, cant live without it
anything near the water

in my spare time ?! ...


i come here

^*^BATMAN^*^ wrote:

greg@hoodatsurfco wrote:

^*^BATMAN^*^ wrote:move to Australia. .

this is something i want to do SO badly... but i should probably visit first.. but just based on my reading of the life style.. quality of people.. and government it sounds more exciting/moral than the USA.

I cant wait. I just talked to my uncle lastnight. He works for Air Canada, so he can get a pass for me, so aslong as I fly with him, I can do a flight from Vancouver to Sydney for about $300. I am stoked.

$300??? holy crap.. and is that in Canadian dollars??

Er, well I don't like to talk about it, but I'm actually a fighter pilot in my spare time, but I normally get weekends off so it doesn't really interferre with my Grand Prix racing, which is a bonus.

Occasionally I get asked by Microsoft to code a new operating system, but Bill knows not to call when the waves are half decent, so that's cool.

Obviously I shape all my own boards, make all my own fins and have my own wetsuit factory - and with all the money I'm earning, I reckon I should be able to buy Australia soon.

Oh - and sometimes I even go surfing ..............

^^wow thats not bad!

but i thought you were also a sex idol in Europe? and an astronaut?

Surfing-Innovation wrote:Occasionally I get asked by Microsoft to code a new operating system

Don't admit to that on a public forum, you'll never work again.

^^hopefully he doesn't mean windows.. perhaps something secret.. like an updated version of plan 9

and an astronaut?

Nah - gave that up - xxxxx job!!

















........................ Of course, there is also a small chance I could just be making this all up to look important on a chat forum, but that would be really lame wouldn't it??