First light will be before 5 a.m. this week. It won’t be completely dark until 9 p.m. That’s a lot of daylight for doing all the Island-y summer things we love to do.
It occurred to me recently that surfers my age are about to start our 30th summer of waveriding. If you’ve ever heard the saying “The more things change, the more they stay the same,” well, it’s pretty accurate. Because the Island has changed significantly.
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