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    Essay on Zuma Beach

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    I was interrupted by the thunderous sound of water crashing into itself from above.      I opened my eyes and saw a wall of liquid rapidly churning together in all different directions. As this fluid mountain of water approached me it swelled bigger and bigger and then decided to calm down and slowly flattened out into a slow rolling sea of foam. All was still for a moment but then movement started again and I was in the midst of seeing another wave form. The sea of foam slowed down to a crawl

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    Creative Writing: Gianna

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    The sunlight dances across the water like a million sparkling diamonds and seagulls caw above her head and behind her on the beach. “Gianna! Hurry up, the waves are awesome!”, Karl yells. She and Karl have been close friends for years and she waves back. She tucks her boogie board under her arm and takes huge steps through the waves, slapping her board on top of the water to begin paddling out to meet her friends. She dunks her hair in the saltwater

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    get it a ticket or the beautiful salt water that is forcing itself into both eyes. How did I get to this point, struggling to survive, hoping the Ocean gets tired of me so I can take a breath and pray that it has enough mercy to leave me where I have the strength to swim to shore where my

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    Life Changing Moment

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    riding a wave, and I was able to stand up and successfully ride it all the way in to shore. My friend tried after and he was also successful his first attempt. This continued as we rode 9-10 more waves in, when we got bored we both said we were going to ride one more wave in, then be done. Little did I know my life changing moment was approaching. I stood up and rode the wave in just like all of the times before. The ocean wind was blowing in my face as the surfboard was gliding over the water. As I

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    Kewahamaomao Analysis

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    whereabouts. This chant foreshadows what Kūapakaʻa will bring to them if they donʻt come ashore and how the future will take place if they choose to sail without stopping ashore. Kūle’a Kawakami-Kauweloaʻs drawing, The Wave that Went depicts Keaweʻs canoes being destroyed by any size wave as they refuse to go ashore. No hand can help them, only solution is to go ashore! (Body) (a) First of all, this chant is sung by Kūapakaʻa, Pākaʻa’s son, he is chanting to Keawe and his men telling them that

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    amazing and the water and i seen some stingrays along the sandy beach and i was scared to swim in the ocean now but i did. When all of us ate lunch i went to the first floor and out the back door and straight into the sand but it was hot so i ran into the cool cold sea water. My cousin and me, we tried swim pretty far out but we was getting so tired of the waves pussing us back and back so we let the water take us back to shore and while we going back i stuck my head under water and i seen a little

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    Crashes of the Waves “Hey Aidan, you wanna know where we are going on vacation?” my dad asked, thinking I was going to jump out of my seat. “Yeah, where?” I answered anxiously. “Do you wanna take a guess?” he questioned. “Uh,”I replied, “Arizona?” “Nope.” “Then where?” “Myrtle Beach!” Months later, we arrived at the airport at around 11:30am on Sunday, and our flight was supposed to take off at 2pm. But we were told that there was a fifteen minute delay and we weren 't too bothered. Fifteen minutes

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    The Word Ecstasy

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    it feels so amazing that one would want to tell the world to its entirety. Nevertheless ecstasy is something that people should experience more often. Being joyful is proven to enlighten other people's mood which is a ripple effect in the pool of water we call life. Feeling more happiness, to its greatest extent such as ecstasy, has the possibility of opening the flood gates of people who are more happy. Therefore more people would have those moments in life when they want to burst, when they feel

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    Standing Waves Lab

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    standing waves. A tube with a speaker at the top of it was playing at a constant frequency. As the speaker played, the tube filled with water. The reflections in this lab caused destructive interference. When waves reflect and they are on two sides of the medium the sound cancels out and there is no noise. Where this occurs it is called a node and with the nodes the wavelength could be measured because the distance between two nodes is a half a wavelength. The lab was conducted with standing waves because

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    It was a sunny day with few clouds in the sky. Sarah Gamble was outside drawing messages in the mud when her mom called her inside. “Wipe your feet and help me clean up for our guests. They’ll be here in about fifteen minutes.” Sarah had heard about her cousin Travis, but had only imagined the details of his personality. She dreamed of a strawberry blonde with cute freckles and a goofy smile. A boy with an imaginative brain and an adventurous spirit just like her. At exactly four o’clock, the doorbell

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