Surf’s up Drew Martin, a 56-year-old technology consultant in San Diego, and his three children (ages 25, 22 and 20), have been able to continue some of the activities that strengthened their ties during the pandemic.
One of those activities is surfing, which the family began doing once the local beaches opened. Mr. Martin, who is single, had little experience with the sport before the pandemic.
But as gyms shut down, surfing gave him a chance to get exercise and be with his kids at the same time. “I just enjoy being out on the waves with them," Mr.
Martin says. And they apparently enjoy it, too, because they continue to invite him along even as their lives have started to return to normal.