Two students came to UC San Diego from Lompoc by way of bike and surfboard last week. Muir College sophomores Perry Naughton and Casey Owen spent six days cycling along the coast towing their tent, wetsuit, surfboard and a week’s worth of food in a trailer behind their bikes.
“It was a lot of fun,” Naughton said. “The first day we road 73 miles and that was tough, but by the end of the trip we felt like we could keep on going.”
The two childhood friends were roommates last year at Muir College and were inspired to go on the journey after reading about similar trips in Surfer Magazine. “Neither of us applied to colleges that weren’t on the coast and Black's Beach was a big part of choosing UCSD for us,” Naughton said.
The students stopped at Leo Carrillo State Beach, Salt Creek and Trestles to surf along the way and they camped out at a State Beach every night of the journey.
The two are dedicated surfers who have made a pact to surf at Black’s beach everyday this quarter. “We have a lot of buddies at Muir College who surf so it’s easy to walk across the street every day with our surfboards.”
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