Duane seems preoccupied with the idea of "surfer." How one dresses, speaks, acts. It seemes he woke up one day and decided to become one. Got a dark hooded sweatshirt (pulled it low over his eyes), a pair of flip flops, a custom board and viola! While there is a code of conduct in the water, there is no "surfer." They're just a group of people driven by and obsessed with a common goal: the perfect wave. Most of them have left behind the notion of acting like the guy next to them by the time they are eighteen.