A creative man is fulfilled by accomplishments and a competitive man is fulfilled by beating others. I’m all about accomplishments. Ride the biggest wave. It has to do with me. I can always grow and keep accomplishing things.
Laird Hamilton
Fascinating article in the Huffington Post by Sasha Bronner about maybe the best surfer in the world, and why he does not enter competitions. Outside of Reno Air Races and some silly US college competitions there aren’t many competitions for pilots. And that’s good. The real competition is with yourself, not against others.
Flying is a multi-dimensional set of skills that are hard to judge qualitatively. Or as Laird puts it:
It’s very difficult to judge surfing because surfing is art.
