Dan Chung - Free Surfboard and Wetsuit Essay Contest Entrant
Dan obviously has a worthy cause. Since I only had seven suits to give away I had to make some tough choices. Since Dan already had some gear, and because this was a school project that will probably have a decent time of getting more surf gear once the program get’s rolling, I decided to pass on his request. His motives were altruistic, which is a big plus, but some of the other entrants could receive a direct and quantifiable benefit from winning as opposed to Dan’s surf program where the results of a donated suit would be more abstract in nature. It was a tough call. Now on to his essay.
Hey there,
It’s very nice of you to offer these.
I can certainly use them. I am in the process of starting a surf team in Lincoln High School in San Francisco. If you’re not familiar with competitive surfing in high schools, you can check out isfsurfing.org - Interscholastic Surfing Federation. We’ll be competing against 7 schools in Santa Cruz, 1 in Half Moon Bay, and 1 in Menlo. I have a bunch of suits and stuff but definitely will be needing more especially dealing with city kids most of whom wanna learn it for the first time and can’t afford the gears. I’m in the process of collecting used suits and boards so your ad is exactly what I’ve been looking for.
As for myself, I’m a city local, been surfing Ocean Beach for 15 years, living on Great Highway near Taraval. I volunteer to mentor and befriend high school kids.
Hope you can help us.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Thanks!
Dan Chung
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