For many years, adventure writer Peter Heller had nurtured a secret dream: to drop everything and go off to a tropical paradise and learn how to surf.

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(OMITTED) Learning how to surf cames at a high price.

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"He found himself in a beach community and thought, 'Well,I might as well try to learn to surf,'" "He asked me if I wanted to come out and learn with him.

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This year, some of those who performed with them that night gathered at the Surf to remember.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

It also included a ceremony to declare the Surf Ballroom a rock and roll landmark.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

Hawaii wants to re-invent itself as more than a "sun,sand and surf destination,"

VOA: special.2009.03.02

When an old friend moved to Huntington Beach,California - a Pacific coast city nicknamed Surf City,USA - he realized it was time to live his dream.

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"Kook means the clueless beginner who paddles his surf board out to the other surfers in the lineup and starts chattering away like it's a cocktail party, completely ignores all the finely-tuned protocols of surf that have developed over decades."

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