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Beware the Toad

Beware the Toad

Surfing Rule #4™: Don’t Fight the Wave

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“Faith is to trust yourself in the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax and float.” – Alan Watts

It was a text message received from my wife while I was on a surf trip without her.

“Beware the toad”.

Either she wasn’t wearing her reading glasses or she knew something apocalypt…

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