he loves the water too; he grew up somewhere fairly inland so he takes advantage of that beautiful ocean as much as possible. they could have met on the beach, or something. he's a brewer, and loves beer so he'd probably be out there low key drinking one in the sunshine and offer her one, too, as sketchy as it sounds. he doesn't understand sports other than esports, but he'd probably ask her to be his sensei in learning what the hell is going on.