As I was reading through my surfing magazines I was particularly
interested in the articles regarding the young surfers of today. Each magazine
I would read there would be several articles on these surfers that ranged from
14 – 20 years of age. These surfers all had a few things in common, that
further made me think about the generation I come from. All these young surfers
are on their way to becoming pro, they have sponsors and all they do is surf. They do not only surf to become pro, but
they surf because they love to surf and all they want to do is surf. The main
similarity was that they were all homeschooled, all their time and effort was
put into surfing and nothing else. Most kids from my generation have their eye
on one goal for the future; if they enjoy something they wont just make it a
hobby but will turn it into their life. An education was not important to these
kids, because they could only see themselves surfing and nothing else.
This also relates to me in a way, not the surfing part, but the
direction in which I want to live my life. I have experienced the want to
become a pro surfer; I wasn’t homeschooled I was just in a Christian School on
the Northern Beaches of Sydney. I
practiced all the time, but never made it to the stage I wanted to be at. Then my dad was offered work in Byron
Bay, the most eastern point of Australia, and the surf there is amazing, I
thought this is were I could take my next step in become a better surfing.
However, that is not where we ended up, we moved to India. I started to do
homeschooling, and the one direction I had in my life was gone, surfing. I had
no idea what I wanted to do with my future now, until we started travelling,
and one thing that always stood out to me as we travelled was architecture. I
found direction in my life, not surfing, but something that I also enjoyed. I
am now at Woodstock school, and my whole high school life is moving to become
an architect. I had changed my hobby into my future again. Surfing will always
be apart of my life, however it will continue to just be a hobby. That is one
thing I am also happy about, as architecture is what I am crazy about and I
cannot imagine my self-being anyone else.
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I like the fact that you have an optimistic view on life. Instead of feeling sad and miserable about losing surfing, you've found another thing you're passionate about and can see yourself continuing surfing as a hobby. This again is quite well written and would make a decent college essay with more explanation as to why you like architecture or it could be part of a personal statement.
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