I first had the pleasure of meeting Tim Lara in 2007. He took pity on the scared, excited, beginner surfer that I was and told me that he could teach me to surf. When we met down at the Cove, I took one look at this athletic kid who was asking me to “pop up on the board” and decided he must be crazy. Within the hour he really did have me popping up on the board, but the experience was more than that. It was his genuine […]