Leah Bess Murray stands waist deep in Gulf water, stabilizing a 9-foot surfboard atop which four-year-old Ocean Cabrera is suctioned like a starfish. This is only his first surf lesson, but Ocean is about to experience a rite of passage: someone dropping in on his wave. Murray’s dog Quila is jumping over the whitewater breakers and swimming toward the surfboard, reading the waves instinctively. Once she reaches depth, she briefly stands on her h…
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