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"\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SURFING&amp;#8217;s Associate Photo Editor, Jimmicane Wilson, had been back&lt;\\/strong&gt; from the Mentawais for about five minutes when an email came in inviting him on a Reef trip to the Philippines. Sounded promising: Alana Blanchard, Paul Fisher, Cloud 9&amp;#8230;soon Jimmicane&amp;#8217;s desk was empty yet again. But it seems the swell didn&amp;#8217;t cooperate. This email came back to the office a week into the trip, and our jealousy has since abated.&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\\n&lt;p\\/&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_10741\\\" style=\\\"width: 545px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption alignnone\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2010\\/10\\/_jwj0151.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-10741\\\" title=\\\"_jwj0151\\\" src=\\\"\\/files\\/2010\\/10\\/_jwj0151-545x363.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"The Philippines, beautifully flat. Photo: Jimmicane\\\" width=\\\"545\\\" height=\\\"363\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;The Philippines, beautifully flat. Photo: Jimmicane&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\\n&lt;p\\/&gt;\\n&lt;p style=\\\"padding-left: 30px;\\\"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;From: Jimmicane&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p style=\\\"padding-left: 30px;\\\"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subject: H.O.E.&lt;\\/strong&gt;&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\\n&lt;p\\/&gt;\\n&lt;p style=\\\"padding-left: 30px;\\\"&gt;&lt;em&gt;We are getting royally skunked. Worse skunk trip I&amp;#8217;ve ever been on and I don&amp;#8217;t think it&amp;#8217;s going to get any better. Waves are not shootable at all. We missed our domestic flight by 10 minutes once we got here and had to take a different flight, a 12-hour ferry, then a three-hour ferry and a 45-minute cab ride. Fucking crazy.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p style=\\\"padding-left: 30px;\\\"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Check out this boat we were on&lt;\\/em&gt; [&lt;strong&gt;below&lt;\\/strong&gt;]&lt;em&gt;. I thought we were bout to get murked. We took over the corner spot and dudes were vibe-ing us out.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p style=\\\"padding-left: 30px;\\\"&gt;&lt;em&gt;There is one positive on this trip and that would be Alana. Haven&amp;#8217;t gotten any good photos of her yet but I will take her off and try to shoot something once we get some good lighting.&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p style=\\\"padding-left: 30px;\\\"&gt;&lt;em&gt;-Jimmy&lt;\\/em&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;\\n&lt;p\\/&gt;\\n&lt;figure id=\\\"attachment_10742\\\" style=\\\"width: 545px\\\" class=\\\"wp-caption alignnone\\\"&gt;&lt;a href=\\\"\\/files\\/2010\\/10\\/_jwj0040.jpg\\\"&gt;&lt;img src=\\\"\\/files\\/2010\\/10\\/_jwj0040-545x363.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"Twelve-hour ferry ride: close quarters for surfboarders. Photo: Jimmicane\\\" title=\\\"_jwj0040\\\" width=\\\"545\\\" height=\\\"363\\\" class=\\\"size-medium wp-image-10742\\\" \\/&gt;&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;figcaption class=\\\"wp-caption-text\\\"&gt;Close quarters for surfboarders. Photo: Jimmicane&lt;\\/figcaption&gt;&lt;\\/figure&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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