WELLS WORTH THE EFFORT OF GETTING TO ATHENS.Byline: Heather Gripp Staff Writer Peter Wells wouldn't let on that some day he wanted to be just like that windsurfer on the magazine cover. After all, at the time, Wells wasn't even big enough to upheave a sail, making the scrawny preteen pre·teen adj. 1. Relating to or designed for children especially between the ages of 10 and 12. 2. Being a child especially between the ages of 10 and 12; preadolescent. n. A preteen boy or girl. an unlikely candidate for the sport. But the grown-up grown-up adj. 1. Of, characteristic of, or intended for adults: grown-up movies; a grown-up discussion. 2. Wells had a harder time masking his desire to be a world-class participant in the sport. The La Canada High graduate quit his job in public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most more than a year ago to focus on windsurfing full time in hopes of qualifying for the Athens Olympics. The move paid off as Wells earned his first trip to the Olympics where he will be the lone U.S. men's representative in mistral sailing (the official name for windsurfing). ``Windsurfing is the purest form of sailing imaginable and I love it,'' said Wells, who has been the top-ranked male windsurfer in the U.S. since 2001. Wells, who turns 30 on Aug. 28, fell in love with sailing early, even if it was a different form than which he now competes. Despite growing up nearly 30 miles from the coast, he remembers his family frequently going to the beach to escape the heat and go sailing on weekends. Wells furthered his interest in the sport when he joined the Santa Monica Yacht Club's youth program as an 8-year-old. He went on to win national and North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. championship titles in the CFJ CFJ Conselho Federal de Jornalismo (Brazil) CFJ Californians for Justice CFJ Centre for Faith and Justice (Ireland) CFJ Conselho da Justiça Federal (Brazil) and Laser II as well as earn a spot on the U.S. Sailing national junior team. After graduating from La Canada in 1992, Wells attended UC Irvine, where he participated in sailing as a varsity sport. He earned ICSA See TruSecure. All-America honors in three of his four years with the Anteaters, but he was burning out on the sport. Looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. an alternative activity, Wells tried windsurfing just for fun. By the time he graduated, he was competing in the sport in which he secretly harbored a childhood dream to be like magazine cover boy Robby Naish. Wells loved the more physical nature of windsurfing and knew he had found his sport. He quickly developed Olympic aspirations,but realized reaching the pinnacle of his potential wasn't possible with a job that prevented him from devoting full attention to training and fund-raising. Since quitting his job in early 2003, Wells has been strapped for cash but saw the payoff when he improved on his third-place finish at the 2000 U.S. Olympic Trials with a comfortable first-place finish at the trials last November. Wells is an underdog to medal, but he said he likes it that way, preferring to slip in under the radar This article is about the magazine. For other uses, see Under the Radar (disambiguation). Under the Radar is an American magazine that bills itself as "The solution to music pollution." It features interviews with accompanying photo-shoots. . The U.S. has not won a medal in the event since Michael Gebhardt took silver in 1992. Heather Gripp, (818)713-3607 heather.gripp(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 3 boxes Box: (1) SWIMMING (2) SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING (3) DIVING |
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