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Stranded on a remote California beach, this windsurfer used rocks to spell 'HELP'

LOS ANGELES — The good thing about windsurfing is that you don't need a boat to speed you across ocean waters — just a breeze to propel the giant sail attached to your surfboard. The bad thing about the sport is that when the breeze dies — or is shielded by massive bluffs — you might just need a boat to get back to where you started. One experienced windsurfer found himself stuck in that ...
A stranded windsurfer was rescued off a beach south of Davenport Landing after he used rocks to spell out“ HELP” in the sand.

LOS ANGELES — The good thing about windsurfing is that you don't need a boat to speed you across ocean waters — just a breeze to propel the giant sail attached to your surfboard.

The bad thing about the sport is that when the breeze dies — or is shielded by massive bluffs — you might just need

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