Benjamin Trendelkamp-Schroer - Free Surfboard and Wetsuit Essay Contest Winner - 4/3 Men’s Hotline Wetsuit
I wish I had a really profound reason for awarding Benjamin a wetsuit but the truth is I just really liked his sense of adventure. His Tigger wetsuit song was a factor as well. Yes, it doesn’t rhyme and the syllable structure is way off, but it was a nice effort. He’ll be here till February 2009 so he’s got four months to make use of the suit. I also thought this would be a nice story for him to carry back to Germany; something to counter balance some of the negative stereotypes of how Americans are. Benjamin rode his bike all the way from the UCSC campus at nightfall to pick up his suit at my home in Soquel. Now on to his winning essay.
Benjamin Trendelkamp-Schroer, Winner of 4/3 Hotline Wetsuit
Hi,
I really would love to have one of those wetsuits because it is the first time in my life that I have seen the Pacific Ocean and it may be the last time as well. I have seen the waves breaking on the cliffs on sunset and it made me instantly wanting to jump in there and feel the spume of the waves on my face.
I will catch at least one while I’m here! I would love to learn to surf but I am already short of the money for my flight back to Germany, which I will have to make because I’m in love with a girl there and so I’m really looking for a wetsuit to make an close encounter with the Ocean. I am already hesitating if I should start surfing because I may not be able to afford everything.
I flied over 6000 miles around the earth to see this Ocean and I want to feel it as much as I can.
*Wetsuits Song (adapted from Tiggers Song)*
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The wonderful thing about wetsuits
Is wetsuits are wonderful things
They are made out of rubber
That contain little bubbles of nitrogen
They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about wetsuits
Is surfing the waves in them
The wonderful thing about wetsuits
Is wetsuits keep you wonderful warm
If you’re loaded with vim and with vigor
They west you and give you some charme
They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN
But the most wonderful thing about wetsuits
Is feeling the sea breeze in them
Wetsuits are wonderful fellahs.
Surfing is awfully sweet.
Everyone elses is jealous,
And thats why I repeat…
The wonderful thing about wetsuits
Is wetsuits are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
That contain little bubbles of nitrogen
They’re bouncy, trouncy, flouncy, pouncy
Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!
But the most wonderful thing about wetsuits
Is surfing the waves in them
Benjamin Trendelkamp-Schroer
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