FLORIDA SURFER DIES THE DREAM

A Florida surfer, who dreamed of riding Southern California waves, finally got his chance. After the death of his father, surf enthusiast Dana Brown, 60, left Cocoa Beach on his dream trip to Huntington Beach, known for its excellent surfing and its title of “Surf City USA.” He was paddling near the Huntington Beach pier on November 6th when a wave slammed him into a pier. Brown was underwater for several minutes before other surfers saw him and towed him to shore. He died at a hospital four days later.
* Wave goodbye.
* The Beach Boys never sang about this happening.
* Maybe this is why Brian Wilson didn’t like the beach.
* Since he was from Florida, I’d go with a rewrite of “Surfin’ USA”: “If everybody had an ocean, across the USA, then everyone would have piers, getting in a surfer’s way.”
* I blame the father for not dying earlier when the guy was like 30.
* From “Surf’s up” to “Time’s up”.
* Life’s a beach. Sometimes death is, too.
* Let’s look at the bright side: At least it wasn’t a shark attack.
* Huntington Beach – now known for excellent surfing and killer piers.
* Dream trip, nightmare trip … the important thing is he got to go.