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" I had one goal this summer: Learn to surf. Well, I&amp;#039;m happy to report back that I did just that. (To be fair: I&amp;#039;m no Kelly Slater, but I did manage to stand up on the board and ride a few waves.) I can&amp;#039;t take all the credit for it, however. Corey Senese, a Southern California boy who grew up on the waves with a hardcore surfer father, had a lot to do with my novice attempts. After a week of lessons out in Montauk, I sat down with the teacher (whose website has more information) about my performance and everything else he&amp;#039;s seen from his perch in front of the waves.  Derek Blasberg:  Corey, tell me how I did! On a scale of 1 to Kate Bosworth in Blue Crush, what kind of surfer am I?  Corey Senese: You were really good! You had some of the easiest surf there is to learn on, so you lucked out. I have to tell you that you would have gotten smashed if the waves were chest high. So I&amp;#039;d put you in the 70 percent level.  DB: I&amp;#039;ll take a C average, since I didn&amp;#039;t study! Is August the busiest time of year for you?  CS: Yes, by far. It&amp;#039;s when it&amp;#039;s the warmest, but it can get very crowded.   DB: Where do you go when its cold?  CS: For a couple of months to San Diego, which is near where I grew up and first learned to surf.  DB: Where are the best waves on Long Island?  CS: Where the swell hits the coast at the perfect angle, which is different for every swell.   DB: Where are the best waves in the world?  CS: Indonesia. Definitely.   DB: What&amp;#039;s the best surf or biggest wave you&amp;#039;ve done?  CS: Perfect Blacks Beach in San Diego. The waves were fifteen feet high and perfect.   DB: When did you start to surf, and when did you decide it was something you wanted to do for a living?  CS: I moved on to surf boards after boogie boarding. I was probably 5. I never thought about it as a career, so I just sort of fell into it. I&amp;#039;m very lucky.   DB: I brought my 5-year old friend Stella on a lesson with me. Is it easier to start surfing as a kid?  CS: This is the best way for a kid to get into the sport: Learn how to swim, then learn how to boogie board, then surf! Kids usually do take to it quicker than an adult once they are confident in negotiating waves.  DB: What&amp;#039;s the first thing that anyone who wants to surf should do? (For me, it was look for cute wet suits, but you thankfully had one for me.)  CS: Do some research and take a lesson or two with a really good surf instructor.   DB: And finally, teach me some surf lingo. Do people still say, &amp;#039;surf&amp;#039;s up&amp;#039;?  CS: Totally! Like when you got pulled into the tube and got hit in the head by the lip and then got sucked over the falls and ate it on a rock. Surf&amp;#039;s up!  DB: Ha! I didn&amp;#039;t say &amp;#039;surf&amp;#039;s up&amp;#039; when that happened. What I said was a little more colorful. What about &amp;#039;hang ten&amp;#039;? Do people still say that? CS: Hang ten toes over the nose!    For more information on surf lessons with Corey Senese in the Hamptons visit his website, coreyswave.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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