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Brady Ruysschaert and Brandon Hawkins are no strangers to public service: they're both former lifeguards turned firefighters. While juggling the stressors of battling blazes in their home state of California—”a giant matchstick,” as Ruysschaert puts it—they reflect on life lessons learned from the job, while finding solace in surfing.
