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Surfing, hacking, and what they demand of us | thesephist.com

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During April, I spent a couple of weeks away from my usual habitus, and traveled to Hawai’i, working and getting to know my team at Ideaflow. In between the commits and deploys, we spent a lot of time surfing. (Or, I should say, in between all the surfing, we made some commits.) I had never touched a surfboard before, though apparently Hawai’i is the spot to learn to surf. It still took me a full week of time on the water and lots of saltwater-swallowing to start catching waves. Surfing, like startups, is a sprint. You paddle out into the water, far out into the ocean where the waves haven’t broken yet and the rocks beneath won’t scratch you you if you fall. You wait until the right set of waves come to you. And when the right time comes, you sprint sprint sprint with your arms digging into the water to get just ahead of the crest of the wave before it rises underneath your board. Many times, the wave will just push you up and forward slightly towards the shore before passing under you

During April, I spent a couple of weeks away from my usual habitus, and traveled to Hawai'i, working and getting to know my team at Ideaflow . In between the commits and deploys, we spent a lot of time surfing. (Or, I should say, in between all the surfing, we made some commits.) I had never touched a surfboard before, though apparently Hawai'i is the spot to learn to surf. It still took me a full week of time on the water and lots of saltwater-swallowing to start catching waves. Surfing, like startups, is a sprint . You paddle out into the water, far out into the ocean where the waves haven't

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