Devastating effects of world’s longest surf contest continue as runner-up Isabella Nichols forced to miss twin sister’s wedding

“The ocean is my happy place. It gives me space,
soothes my senses and washes away my worries. It’s his metaphor for
the unknown, the threat and despair.”

I still remember the joy of catching that first glimpse
of water, the endless horizon and the sound of the waves
rolling in after a…