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Hey Brooklyn, I'm over here by the surf shack. I'm gnarly swimsuit my dude at.

Thanks. We are far away from home. Why did you want to meet in Hawaii?

Well, after I told you about my tubular story of swimming in Hawaii, that was totally in our last

episode. Totally. I was like, whoa, we should totally learn to be lifeguards, specifically in the

Pacific, specifically specifically on the beach at Waikiki. You and I both love to swim and

we've been lucky to have so many sick lifeguards keep it an eye out for us over the years.

Sick means awesome and surfers speak, by the way. So why not learn to guard some lives ourselves,

am I right? I'd love to become a lifeguard. Paying it forward. Let's get up on that super tall

chair and start guarding. Cowabunga. Whoa, babbling Brooklyn. We can't just jump in. We need more

righteous instruction. So I signed us up for lifeguard training. Oops. I got ahead of myself there.

No worries, Brooklyn Bridge is falling down. Now let's see if we have everything we need.

Sunscreen? Red. Viser? Red. Fanny pack? Red. Are those dummies behind you?

Whoa, Brooklyn, language. Sorry. Those two plastic fake people with no arms or legs. Oh, right,

those. Yeah, they are all part of the plan. I have rope, jaggedy, chick, but I can't find the

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