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Hometown Beatdown

By dave | Published: August 5, 2009
Great Falls Headcam with a swim at the Spout from Dave Hoffman on Vimeo. It’s been a great week on the Potomac River.  I’ve surfed some fun waves with my best friend and our mentor, Bruce Uthus.  I paddled with John Haddock, a good friend who I hadn’t seen since Costa Rica in 2007.  Despite difficult [...]
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Back home to the Potomac

By dave | Published: July 31, 2009
The sirens at gate 20 in JFK’s Terminal 5 are making babies cry.  I couldn’t sleep on the plane.  But I have a smile.  In a few short hours I’ll be home. I was born and raised in suburban Virgina, just outside Washington, DC.  While I was in Peru, my parents sold the house and moved [...]
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