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He felt joy through every cell.
He felt like his life out here was going to be okay.
He felt joy through every cell. He felt like his life out here was going to be okay.
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Jimmy felt alive like never before.
His life had suddenly added a new dimension to his experience.
Jimmy felt alive like never before. His life had suddenly added a new dimension to his experience.
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“Come on,” Matt said, “Let’s go eat.
I know a great surf and turf place not far from here with killer lobster as cheap as McDonald’s.”
“Come on,” Matt said, “Let’s go eat. I know a great surf and turf place not far from here with killer lobster as cheap as McDonald’s.”
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“That was totally awesome! Let’s go again!”
“That was totally awesome! Let’s go again!”
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His lungs began to burn from the lack of oxygen, as he waited for the washing machine effect to slow enough to swim for the surface.
His lungs began to burn from the lack of oxygen, as he waited for the washing machine effect to slow enough to swim for the surface.
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The next instant was pure chaos as the wave threw him from his board and plunged him into the churning whitewater.
The next instant was pure chaos as the wave threw him from his board and plunged him into the churning whitewater.
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He had stuck his head straight through the top of the wave.
He had stuck his head straight through the top of the wave.
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He stretched his arms across the inside of the barrel and stood up in triumph: “Whoo … mhgurf!”
He stretched his arms across the inside of the barrel and stood up in triumph: “Whoo … mhgurf!”
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Jimmy felt the joy start in his soul and burst through him like an exploding star: “Whoo-hoo!”
Jimmy felt the joy start in his soul and burst through him like an exploding star: “Whoo-hoo!”
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The water all around him sounded like a freight train—yet, there was a cacophony of music brought forth inside the vibrations like a rejoicing.
The water all around him sounded like a freight train—yet, there was a cacophony of music brought forth inside the vibrations like a rejoicing.
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In front of him were the glittering diamonds of the day’s last bit of sun reflecting off the water.
In front of him were the glittering diamonds of the day’s last bit of sun reflecting off the water.
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Time went from slo-mo to a standstill to timeless.
Time went from slo-mo to a standstill to timeless.
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He jumped to his feet, rode down the steep face of the wave, and turned into the pocket, crouching purposefully as a thick lip of water covered the sky and enclosed him inside the barrel.
He jumped to his feet, rode down the steep face of the wave, and turned into the pocket, crouching purposefully as a thick lip of water covered the sky and enclosed him inside the barrel.
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Jimmy gathered every cell of courage he had and paddled into the oncoming wave.
Jimmy gathered every cell of courage he had and paddled into the oncoming wave.
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Jimmy turned to prepare for the ride, primal fear screaming at his body to stop.
Jimmy turned to prepare for the ride, primal fear screaming at his body to stop.
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Matt took one of the first of the big set waves and was instantly engulfed in a fast-moving barrel.
Matt took one of the first of the big set waves and was instantly engulfed in a fast-moving barrel.
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“Here it comes, man!” Matt shouted.
“I see it, I see it!”
Each of them paddled furiously to escape being caught on the inside of the break.
“Here it comes, man!” Matt shouted.
“I see it, I see it!” Each of them paddled furiously to escape being caught on the inside of the break.
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It morphed from a rolling hidden wall of water across the Pacific to a curved, churning explosion of water breaking onto itself as its last moment of existence.
It morphed from a rolling hidden wall of water across the Pacific to a curved, churning explosion of water breaking onto itself as its last moment of existence.
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Like every wave, it had started on the other side of the world.
Like every wave, it had started on the other side of the world.
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Then the moment arrived, a dark mass of ocean rose like a swamp monster rising from the deep; it was a big set.
Then the moment arrived, a dark mass of ocean rose like a swamp monster rising from the deep; it was a big set.
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The late afternoon sun was drying their already salt-lined faces, making it hard to see the oncoming waves.
The late afternoon sun was drying their already salt-lined faces, making it hard to see the oncoming waves.
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They paddled back out together and sat up on their boards to wait for the right wave.
They paddled back out together and sat up on their boards to wait for the right wave.
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“Come on, I need some backup.
I’ve got to at least try to catch one.
Isn’t that what we came for?”
“Come on, I need some backup. I’ve got to at least try to catch one. Isn’t that what we came for?”
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“Forget it, man. I’m wiped.
You know you are going to get out there and the tide will change them anyway.”
“Forget it, man. I’m wiped. You know you are going to get out there and the tide will change them anyway.”
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“Let’s go back out, dude,” Jimmy said.
“Look,” he said, and pointed to the break.
“Let’s go back out, dude,” Jimmy said. “Look,” he said, and pointed to the break.
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There in the fading light of the afternoon was the curl of a barrel, wave after wave of barrels.
There in the fading light of the afternoon was the curl of a barrel, wave after wave of barrels.
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Then the waves changed again—low tide was at its apex, and the on-shore wind strengthened.
Then the waves changed again—low tide was at its apex, and the on-shore wind strengthened.
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Jimmy stood next to the VW bus and looked out at the waves.
He had heard that voice out there, too.
Jimmy stood next to the VW bus and looked out at the waves. He had heard that voice out there, too.
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𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱.
𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦.
𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵. 𝘉𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦.
𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦. 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵. 𝘉𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦, 𝘣𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦.
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But if he was quiet and still for a moment, he could hear a little voice inside talking, too.
But if he was quiet and still for a moment, he could hear a little voice inside talking, too.
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