Pepper Kolman wasn’t supposed to be back with the Surf City Beach Patrol this summer. At the conclusion of last summer’s Island Lifeguard Tournament, the word on the beach was that Pepper’s competition days were done, that she’d be elsewhere, working, beginning a new chapter in life.
Fortunately, she landed a rowing coach’s job not far away in Connecticut and had enough flexibility to make it back to LBI for much of July and August – enough time to compete during the heart of the tournament…
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