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OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD

For most workaday surfers, injuries in the water are rare. Sure, we occasionally collide with our boards, fins, a chunk of reef or a stranger (mostly the latter if you surf Trestles). But throughout our surf lives, most of us receive relatively few injuries in the lineup, and fewer still that have any lasting effects. Pro surfers, on the other hand, are paid to push themselves

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