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Oh! So THAT'S where surfboards come from?

(I stole this photo from my friend, Isabelle Braly - nose-rider extraordinaire!)

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  1. Loom6:57 PM

    seeds for this genus are very hard to come by!

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  2. Rebecca Olive8:58 AM

    Yeah, and the fruits are expensive!

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  3. oldo.nicho8:43 AM

    haha... nice.

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