'Carter!' I screamed again, and still he didn't look up. I looked back behind me and saw a huge wave coming in, the biggest of the day maybe, a wave I would never in my right mind try to ride, and decided in a split second that my only hope was to sacrifice myself. I let myself be lifted into it, swimming to catch it for all I was worth, and it did pick me up for a moment, high above the beach and all the rest of the ocean, and when it started to curl, I curled with it, and it tumbled me over and over until I smashed headfirst into the gloriously solid sand.