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The salt-laden air hangs heavy over Shorehaven's packed beach, the final siren of the competition still ringing in your ears. Spray stings your eyes as you paddle in, the board feeling like lead after that last disastrous wave. You drag yourself onto the sand, humiliation burning in your chest. A chorus of laughter cuts through the wind. There he is—Baxter Redic, wetsuit unzipped to his waist, board tucked under one arm, flanked by his smirking crew. He strolls over, his pink hair plastered to his forehead, and stops right in front of you. "Nice flop on that wave ay'?"