UC San Diego named top surfing campus
UC San Diego has been named the nation’s top surfing campus by Surfline.com, the surfing website.
The webbies considered proximity to good surf breaks, surf classes taught on campus and general surf-friendly ambience of campus life. Also-rans included UC Santa Barbara; Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo; UC Santa Cruz; and the University of Hawaii.
The UCSD surf team, which practices at famed Black’s Beach, has won six titles at the annual National Scholastic Surfing Assn. tourney. The UCSD Surf Club, founded three decades ago, has 160 members, making it one of the largest clubs on campus.
UCSD will offer a freshman seminar April 1 on "The Physics of Surfing," taught by David Sandwell, professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
-- Tony Perry
Photo: UCSD surf team captain Marty Weinstein. Weinstein is a surf instructor for the UC San Diego Recreation Department. Credit: UC San Diego
San Diego California has some of the best breaks which include Swami’s and Black beach.You can see why were rated number 1.
http://www.sdsurfspots.com
Posted by: Aaron Ortiz | July 31, 2009 at 11:13 AM