White Horses

TWO WAVE HOLD-DOWN

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I get my kid off to school and I hit it straight down to the beach. As I rock up, Rob runs up the sand breathless. He has already broken a leash, swum one kilometre after his board and run another kay up the sand. He runs straight to his backpack and rummages for a second leash. At the same moment, Sylvain rocks up.

“So am I on it?” I ask.

“You’re on it. No current,” Rob replies.

“How big?”

“Big. Ya got the 8’6”, right? You’re good.”

“Yeah…”

Rob and I share a tumultuous past, so I question his motives sometimes. I

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