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Cory Ritz braces himself as a wave bursts onto a pier at the Boynton Beach inlet on August 25, 2011 in Boynton Beach, Florida.
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Aug. 25, 2011, Boynton Beach, Fla.
Cory Ritz braces himself as a wave bursts onto a pier at the Boynton Beach inlet.

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