i tried to swim. she let go and swam in because she can swim and float and had flippers. i kept slipping off the board and we kept getting swept out. all of a sudden there was another surfer and then a third showed up just as i slipped off for the last time. two of the surfers laid on their boards and told me to hold on to their ankles and the third guy was behind me paddling and pushing all of us.
they told me the rip tides were strong and i never would have made it in without equipment.
when we finally made it in, i sat on a 