My younger son has recently taken up surfing and today I went to a local surf shop where we have purchased accessories for him. One side of the store is the surf side, jammed with boards, clothes, wetsuits, fins, wax; the other side is a skater’s candy store with skate and snowboarding equipment and clothing galore. The friendly, laid-back staff were very cool about letting me meander around the shop when I explained my mission, and I deeply appreciated that. I came upon this menagerie of boards, which at first looked like a bunch of teeth sticking out of a fiberglass creature, (the creature from the Malibu Lagoon perhaps?) But after standing there awhile, the boards expressed their individuality and seemed more like a meeting of great minds, discussing their dream surfing agendas. I enjoyed the patterns the store lights created on some of the boards, like little star clusters and constellations reflected in them. Shark repellant anyone?