Just a few miles from the slide which spurt Rob Wishon into a wave of sand is Pacheco Elementary School, a charter school in the college community of San Luis Obispo california specializing in a two way immersion program.

FORBES: Bootstrapping A Child's Education - California's DIY School

Berm crest: ridge of sand or gravel deposited by wave action on the shore just above the normal high water mark.

UNESCO: L O S S A R Y

Sand bar: accretionary deposit of sand formed across a river mouth or bay by wave action and joined to the shore at both ends.

UNESCO: L O S S A R Y

Cantering loosely down sand-covered roads sighting down a sine-wave of bonnet, lazy, dusty oppositelock applied at speeds rarely above a brisk trotting pace and the smell: scorched dirt, cooking tarmac, a whiff of hot oil, burning chrome and heat.

BBC: Trick of the light: A California road trip

Spit: accretionary deposit of sand or stones located where a shoreline changes direction, formed by wave action and joined to the shore at one end only.

UNESCO: L O S S A R Y