Surfing

I have always wanted to learn how to surf. My friend Lara lives in Arizona (she goes to University of Arizona) and frequently takes trips to California to go surfing with her awesome, wonderful friends (and music-makers). She puts pictures up on the FB and I get soooooo jealous. I need to take a trip out to visit her for a couple of weeks...or just stay there. I am completely land-locked...except for the Mississippi River.