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As an instructor from Corky Carroll’s Surf School gave 9-year-old Maya Madden a gentle push into the whitewash at Bolsa Chica State Beach, her mother snapped photos. It was Maya’s first surf lesson.

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Duke Paoa Kahanamoku and other legendary Hawaiian beach boys are the original surfing instructors, from whom all modern surfers have benefited, whether they acknowledge it or are even aware of it.