Continuing with tidbits on Vasily:
2. Vasily surfs
I suppose it’s not that surprising, given that Vas is from Southern California. As it happens, his parents had a deep-seated desire for Vasily to become a model or a leading man in Hollywood, so in addition to pushing him (hard) to excel at swimming, they carved out time for him to become a superior surfer, too. While he was working in Windeport, Maine, the opportunities for surfing were few and far between, but upon his return to California, he quickly took it back up again. Most Sunday mornings he can be found floating on the swells watching the sunrise.