Riding the waves out of Rio's slums
A pair of surf schools offer impoverished kids an opportunity to get out of their neighborhoods and onto a wave


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(Image credit: (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) The kids live mostly in Rocinha, Rio's largest slum, a place where peddling small wares for cash or getting sucked into criminal activities is more common than venturin)

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Felipe Dana))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Felipe Dana))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Felipe Dana))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Felipe Dana))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Felipe Dana))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Felipe Dana))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Felipe Dana))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Felipe Dana))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Felipe Dana))

(Image credit: (AP Photo/Felipe Dana))
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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