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Girls paddle it out for national championship — HB

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Junior girls began paddling it out at the National Scholastic Surf Assn. championships shortly after I got to the Huntington pier late this afternoon.

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The girls were really into it.

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Competing intensely

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And going back for more while they still had time.

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Wind, surf & sun by the pier

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The waves were pounding the pier when I got there early this evening

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Naturally, some riders rose to the occasion

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Even if it occasionally meant getting caught in a spray storm

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The rest of us just enjoyed the show