There are those who say that if God had wanted us to swim, he'd have given us fins and gills. A caution perhaps, that man functions best in his own environment. But man has always yearned to venture forth, defying nature, determined to overcome the barriers that separate the elements. David Wells is just such a man. Heir to a Texas oil fortune, David shuns big business and instead prefers the high mountains, the ski trails, the open roads. The mysterious ocean is David's fancy at the moment, as we meet him in the waters off Laguna Beach, surfing and scuba diving.