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    Billy “Mystic” Wilmot, 57

    by As told to ASHTYN DOUGLAS Aug 14, 2017 3 minutes

    “The love of surfing is universal. Everybody loves to get shacked. It doesn’t matter what language you speak, what religion you believe in or what your skin color is.”

    Surfing keeps kids off the streets. It gives them something to think about that’s not destructive in nature. They don’t go online to check out handguns; they check to see when the next swell is coming. Surfing occupies the mind in constructive ways.

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