California dreaming

How about you take it a step further and move to Hawaii , live off of fish you catch and the pineapples you pick , surf all day and learn to be happy with your life ,,and not the materiel possession you own.

 

I was going to say, for a little more you can land yourself in HI.

Looking back at my time right out of college I wish I had at least gone out to Cali or HI and stayed for a year before starting to settle.

 

Ummmmm, its been freezing for two months, another snowstorm is heading our way, Its been flat as hell and no surf on the weekends for the guys who work 9-5, GET OUT AND GO!!! You have no committments here and this is the only time in your life you will be able to do it. Once you get the wife, the house, the kids, etc you are pretty much staying put. Do it now while you can.

 

If I were in your shoes my bags would already be packed...if you go through with it come back and update this thread with what you like/dislike about the move. Good luck man

 

If you are going to CA, go to central CA. Santa Barbara area. LA sucks for surf and OC and SD are overcrowded. If I were in your shoes I'd be looking north of LA.

 

I would be going to CA or HI now if I were you. I think $15k would be enough to last for a few months if you have a cheap place to crash. Right when you get there, get any kind of a part time job first so you have pocket money and some income coming in, while you take your time surfing and applying for white collar/career type of jobs.

Are you driving there? If so, even the road trip by itself already sounds fun for me.

 

lets see, in california or hawaii you will burn right through that 15k in no time. Then its back to work and dreams of the next greener pasture. Take $ that down to nicaragua / panama and your money will go soooo much farther. GOOOOOO and surf and travel and enjoy, the working word will always be around waiting for you.

 

What he said... seriously. If you have the freedom, take advantage of it NOW. Before you have ties keeping you somewhere. Go somewhere you can't or wouldn't go with a family.

 

Go to cali, save your $, don't receive/take anything form california gov't. California is in dire position right now and you'll screw ourself. But you should go. NOW. hurry up!

 

Taxes/Job/pension/municipal bonds

I'd go to school there though...




I know a bunch of people that have gone out there looking for work with no prior connects really, and they've made out fairly well. One for film production, ones in public relations, and some others.

I'd go for it if I had 15k

 

Come to ca then. I've been to hi and ca and I'm glad I stayed in ca. Hawaii is tropical and nice but regardless of what part of an island u r on, u will be driving a long way most of the year to other parts of an island. Job in ca are better. They pay more. A bedroom in a house in ob in san diego is like 600 bucks. The bus runs u to downtown in 10 minutes. In ca, swell of every directions come right to out doorstep. I never have to travel. It never gets flat. There is always a logable wave even in august

The weather is dope all year. The water never gets 80 but it never drops below 55.

And to all the crowd talk. I can surf alone almost anytime I want. There r tons of spots. Notice how in most of the pics of me that I post, its just me. No other people. All the spots r in the city of sd. So yeah, blacks is crowded, but I get the j reefs alone quite often. When 5 spots on the cliffs r going off, they r crowded. So I go to one of the other 12 reef breaks and surf alone with my friends.

If u always surf crowds in socal, u don't know where to look. Even our crappy spots r better than most so avoid lower trestles and u will love life.

I'm biased. But I moved out here with my wife, then girlfriend 9 years ago with less than 5 grand. Been living at the beach here ever sincep. It was actually pretty easy.

Good luck

 

For everyone commenting to move to Nica or further off the map, I think you're missing the point. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it sounds like the guy wants a regular life but with surfing as a major staple. He's not looking to be The Drifter. I'm only saying this because I feel like I'm very much in the same boat, first year out of school with a PR degree, but burdened with loans and less of cash flow, so I couldn't flat make the jump and pray (excuses excuses).

And Zach619, all of your commentary about making the SD jump is so damn inspiring, makes the whole thing seem tangible and not a pipe dream.

 

Go for it man....you dont want to look back and say what if....I'm tossing around the idea myself....but I'm looking into schools out there by santa cruz......it's expensive, but not much more than jersey....plus that place has swell a lot

 

haha sorry, just a suggestion. But ill tell you this:

(THE STUD) - (job) - (student loans) + (extra 15k US) = off the grid for about a year

 

DO IT.

Go man. You won't be sorry.

 

I agree completely. My plan throughout my college career was to move to CA as soon as I graduated. Then I met my current girlfriend and things changed...its still in the back of my mind sometimes, but I know shed never go and I wouldnt want to go without her. I cant help but wondering what it would be like though, I could have been out there for a year already.

 

I think this thread just convinced me to get the f*** outa here. Cali or So Am for me. How bout some good spots (on or off the grid) for still a beginner?