The Gold Coast

The 2010 Quiksilver Pro Australia.

The end of February means one thing for the surfing professionals around the world - the offseason is over, and it’s time for the world tour to start again. I imagine that, if they aren’t already there, the likes of Kelly Slater, Mick Fanning, Joel Parkinson, and my personal favorite, Dane Reynolds, are arriving in Queensland, Australia for the first ASP (Association of Surfing Professionals, basically the PGA Tour of Surfing) event of the year, the Quiksilver Pro Australia, which begins on Saturday. (Ironically, two of those surfers I named are actually FROM Queensland, Australia, which is nicknamed The Gold Coast, do you know which two?)

I would love to one day see an ASP event live as I dig my toes in the sand, the announcer blaring over the loudspeakers on the shore. The ASP actually has an official orthopedic surgeon, who travels with the tour, every single stop of it, all around the world.. that’s not a sweet job or anything..

Anyways, back to reality, I will just have to catch the Quiksilver Pro’s LIVE webcast of the event this weekend and next week, no big deal! Speaking of orthopedic surgeons, that leads me to talking about medicine, and more specifically where I currently am, premedicine.

I went to the UGA premed forum yesterday afternoon for an hour and a half lecture by a guest physician who talked about his personal experiences with malpractice. I feel like I learned so so much. I didn’t lose focus the entire hour and a half, everything from his talks about the malpractice process, to (especially) the details of what was going on in the operating room in some of his surgeries (he was an Anesthesiologist) captivated my attention to extreme amounts. I can’t wait for the next forum next Tuesday, it will be on private practice vs large corporation practices of medicine.

Anywho.. I must be going now, sorry for the rather short update, but I have class in six minutes! Weather and climate, yummy. I will catch ya later, very soon!