As yet afairly new resident of Long Beach Island, having moved to Surf City in February, I have deemed it a necessity to learn to surf and somewhat sacrilegious to not do so if I am to ever consider myself a true LBI local and one with its surrounding waters. What better way to get started then, I figured, than to take one of the “Introduction to Stand Up Paddle Boarding” lessons hosted by the LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, such as the one held Saturday morning, June 9.

At 8:30 a.m., 11 students met at Sunset Park in Harvey Cedars to absorb a lesson given by veteran surfer Jack Bushko…