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Submitted to Contest #160
The Cali Drought “Hey man, how's it looking today?” “Still flat. Man this blows.” “What are we going to do?” This was the conversation I had with my friends every morning at the pier going on two weeks straight. We were in a drought. The surf was washed out. We were washed out. Surfing was one of the things that kept us sane. Especially during the summer. My name's Johnny. I live in downtown Venice. So did my friends Tommy and Fynn. We hung out all day everyday. Went to school enough to pass, skated, surfed, and partied at night. We didn...
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