What's the real reason I love surfing? Is it more than just a way to stay in shape and get an occasional adrenalin fix? Yes! In surfing you can find metaphors for most anything. Waves come in most any shape that they can be drawn. I guess most physicists know that strings are actually waves. I wonder how many can model the ocean in a storm. More generally speaking... each wave is an opportunity - sometimes you're in the right place to catch it, sometimes not. It can even be a return on investment... paddling out is the investment. Or maybe pushing down into the water so you can pop up is the investment, or the last bit of smart effort required to unlock the opportunity.