Dawn Patrol

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Sunny takes off.

She paddles hard, two more strokes that take her onto the lip of the wave; then she shifts to her knees, then smoothly into her squat as she Goes over the edge.

She's strong in the wave, beautifully balanced; she's picked the exact line, then A Jet Ski zooms in and swings Tim Mackie into the wave.

If Mackie sees Sunny, he doesn't acknowledge it. He cuts right into her line.

Sunny has to pull up. She drops to her stomach on the board, but she's off-line and it's too late to paddle back over the crest of the wave. She tries to duck her nose up and under, but the wave won't let her and it takes her backward.

Over the falls.

Her board squirts into the air as she falls headfirst.