Thirdcloud Publications Surf City Strand Mag November 2015 | Page 36

Over the last four years BCS has planted their flags in Huntington Beach sand, aspiring to become the “gateway” to social life in So Cal through their membership. As a social group, they’ve gone river rafting, taken trips to Las Vegas and Big Bear and list a good number of creative social outings that includes renting party buses and limos for pub crawls. They also have a Monday Night coed bowling league social at Costa Mesa Tavern Bowl. After observing the BCS coed flag-football league on Tuesday and Thursday nights and Volleyball competitions on Wednesday’s at the beach this past summer, it’s fair to say that most of these 20 and 30 year old adults are from parents who cleared off bookshelves to hold all the trophies they’d won. Mostly, it would seem that these young competitors arrived by way of a generation of parental anxiety that wanted more competitive opportunities for their children focused on athletics. Lisa Taylor, who says she’s collected enough BCS t-shirts to make a quilt, competing on two to three teams per season, was introduced to BCS through her two guy roommates in Newport Beach. An attractive 20-ish plus size blond—without the fluff— Lisa Taylor is also a designated BCS Ambassador. She put a point on the competitive