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For a lunch\/tide break, we took a walk around<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Going low <\/div>
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<\/a>Our instructor, Peter, tests the sand <\/div>
And makes it look easy<\/div><\/div>
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<\/a>Ed launches <\/div>
For his turn on the board<\/div><\/div>
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