"That wave was the worst beating of my life," Mav's regular Alex Martins said. "I was hoping I was going to make it to the bottom, but even if I did, I would've been destroyed anyways. That thing was so heavy and so thick and moving so fast, I was going to take the beating. I'd never felt that violence before. When I came up, I thought I was still underwater 'cause my hood was covering my face."

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