Surf Board in Hand - The Dilemma

The more people you get involved in a decision the harder it is to make. Remember those times you tried to pick a place to eat, with a group of friends, and everyone has a different opinion? Well that's what happened to me on Sunday. I wanted to go surfing with a bunch of people on Sunday and each one of them wanted to go to a different spot. Frustrating.

Here were the choices: Half Moon Bay, Pacifica, Bolinas.

How to choose? Too many options.

One of the people I wanted to go surfing with is not from the area, and just started surfing not long ago. He would talk up Bolinas as the greatest place to surf ever. For the purpose of this blog I'll call him Surfer 1.

"Bolinas is great, there is no one there. It's a perfect beginner wave. Everyone will have a blast." - Surfer 1

"You will have a much better time at Bolinas than Pacifica or Half Moon Bay" Surfer 1

Wow I started thinking, this place sounds great we should go there. I was set on it.

I went out on Saturday night with my girlfriend, and we started talking about the dilemma. Where should we go? Bolinas, Pacifica, or Half Moon Bay? There happened to be a surfer from the area present. When my girlfriend mentioned Bolinas. He told us to absolutely not go there.

He proceeded to tell us a story about how when he was surfing there a seal jumped onto the nose of his board to get away from a great white shark.

Apparently Surfer 1 didn't get the memo. Bolinas is list on the list of the top 10 shark infested beaches in the world. Maybe that's why there is no one there?

I texted Surfer one on Sunday morning. I said, I didn't want to go there because of all the sharks.

This is what he texted back:

"I guarantee you'll have more fun at Bolinas" - Surfer 1

Surfer 1 went to Bolinas, the rest of us went to Half Moon Bay.

I had a great time... but not as good as Surfer 1, or this guy: