Writing Surfer Characters: 9 Things You Need to Know

Surfers.

You think you know them. They live in Hawaii, have blonde hair, smoke pot, cut classes, and are generally up to no good. They like to skate in their free time. They usually don't have any money, but they still manage to come across as super chill and cool.

That tends to be people's general view of surfers. Authors tend to reflect this view, or decide to reflect nothing at all by completely excluding surfers from their list of potential characters.

Which is a shame, because surfers are a...
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Published on December 11, 2015 07:26
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