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A moment that changed me: my brother gave me an unexpected gift – and a whole new life at sea

The water was my childhood playground but, as I grew up, my health left me landbound. Then my brother found a way to launch me back into the waves ... My brother and I grew up surfing at Porthcawl in south Wales.

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