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Weekly Contest #324
Fear of Pearlingby Gary E. Grissom Tippy and I watched them as they started to paddle out that morning on Sunset Beach. Tippy barked as I held him in my arms and stroked his neck. One of the surfers looked over his shoulder and waved to us. There were four of them and they were true native Hawaiian surfers with broad shoulders and bronze skin that glistened in the morning sun. Their boards were about ten feet long and made of heavy wood that must have weighed about 100 pounds. The year was 1952 and lighter balsa wood and foam boards wouldn’t...
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