Who is jon roseman

I remember the first fun waves I got out of reef surf break Cloudbreak. Roseman stayed in Fiji as a lifeguard in the then-primitive surf camp. We borrowed money, we did everything we could, anything to be able to own it. We mortgaged ourselves pretty heavily at that age, which was our early 20s. It helps me a lot with confidence, and you get all this extra training that targeted for surfing muscles.

For example, last week we had a pretty good swell down in Fiji and we paddled a couple really big waves at Cloudbreak. My arms felt great. Roseman has a year-old daughter, Helena, who also likes to surf.

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There's a heart-shaped, acre island in Fiji by the name of Tavarua that the entire La Jolla surf community is talking about. It's got great surf, they say, perfect weather and kind people. Plus, the co-founder and co-owner of Tavarua's all-inclusive resort is one of the most beloved local surfers and the protagonist of this week's Wave Seekers series, Jon Roseman. There was a very set pecking order back in those days; you had to earn the respect of the older generation, and then, slowly, I earned my place in the lineup.

Roseman said he considers himself lucky to have grown up in La Jolla. The other thing that's great about La Jolla is that it breeds a lot of style in everyone's surfing.

When asked what the La Jolla surfing style looks like, Roseman replied, "It's like grace under pressure. The great surfers that have come out of La Jolla, from way back, like Chris O'Rourke … can ride a really juicy, powerful wave, effortlessly.

Like they're almost doing it while they're asleep. But at the same time, they're doing crazy, giant, powerful turns. I like to think that's what makes a La Jolla surfer stand out from the rest of the world. Roseman recalls, "I had a girlfriend from Malibu while I was up at school. We broke up for all sorts of reasons, but the most important reason was that I loved to surf and she didn't, and because of that breakup, I went to Hawaii.

My late friend, the incredible La Jolla surfer David Anderson, and I spent the whole winter there with another couple of Australian friends. I was going to meet them in Australia, but I heard there was an incredible wave in Fiji called Tavarua, basically a surf camp, so I thought, 'On my way to Australia, I'll stop by there myself. It was pretty intense, but I still fell in love with it, the Fijians and everything, I didn't want to leave.

I remember the first fun waves I got out of reef surf break Cloudbreak. I was like, 'Oh my god, this is it, this is clear paradise. It's mind-blowing. It's what you dream of your entire life. The waves are like the ones you draw on your schoolbook when you're falling asleep in class.

Roseman stayed in Fiji as a lifeguard in the then-primitive surf camp. We borrowed money, we did everything we could, anything to be able to own it.