Name: Frank Hotchkiss (old Hotch)               
Hometown: Long Beach

Age: 83
Years Paddling: 10

Weekly Mileage:
5-8

Preferred board length to paddle:
14ft.

Favorite Paddle route:
Around Naples Is. Or off Malibu or green can off Dana Pt.

Favorite race:
Zahn Memorial or Rock to Rock w/ son

I Started Paddling Because:
Watching son (Tony) race

Best Paddling Experience to Date:
Rock to Rock relay w/ Tony

Favorite Thing About Paddling:
Physical rhythm, shape of water and the gang

Thing I Hate Most About Paddling:
No hate

What I Tell Myself to Motivate on Days I Just Don't Want to Paddle:
Carpe Diem life is short

Best "Oh Crap" Moment While In Middle of Ocean:
N.A.

iPods While Paddling: Godsend or Good Grief?
Too old to know

There's a Head High Swell on a Glassy Day. What do you do? (surf or paddle):
What decade are we talking?

Paddling Season (which month to which month):
What’s this season stuff?

Bright and early, or nightcap?
Mid A.M.

Downwind paddle or wait for down winds (glassy):
Take what comes