Cabo Surf Hotel in Los Cabos, Mexico, offers special soft boards for beginners and stand-up paddleboards for calm water, allowing even loyal sunbathers to hit the waves.

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On Tuesday, the streets of Tbilisi were calm, but people continued to stockpile food and water.

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While he was in the rain, while it was raining so hard and the wind was blowing, he was praying that God will calm the water, calm the wind, so that he will be able to make it somewhere with his kids.

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Entire family clans set out to sea, usually in the spring and summer when the water was calm.

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From July to October, the weather is perfect for kayaking, with calm water, little rain, mild temperatures and no deadly marine stingers (such as the box jellyfish and the irukandji).

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The calm serenity of paddling in sync, quietly gliding along the water and listening to the birds, seeing starfish sunbathing on the rocks and even watching a deer chill out right by your campsite, content to share your space.

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Harris compares his company to a duck, which appears calm on the surface but is fiendishly paddling under the water.

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