Personal Narrative: Hawaii Surfing

Twin Surfing
I woke up to a usual day on the island of O’ahu. The sun was shining and as I looked out of my window, the waves looked perfect, cresting at the perfect height. I knew today was going to be a great day for surfing and suddenly remembered that this was the biggest day of my life, the annual Hawaii surf competition. I jumped out of bed, punched my twin brother Sam in the stomach to wake him up, and sprinted downstairs, grabbing a bowl of cereal, and then ran out of the door grabbing my board as I went. As I left I heard the old surf radio saying.
" “It’s going to be a (crackle, crackle)... day out there!”
" Somewhere in the back of my mind I felt a twinge of unease, but I just ran down to the beach and went for a morning ride.
Sweating and fidgeting became almost natural parts of the last hour of school. Finally the time had come, the bell rang and everyone in my last class (History) jumped up yelling and joking around, but I just sat in my chair looking down at my feet that were quivering in fear. When I hadn’t come out of my classroom for 20 minutes after class, Sam came in to get me.
" “What’s wrong Jase?” he said with actual concern in his eyes.
" “Are you kidding?” I replied with more venom than I should have.
" “I am scared out of my mind to surf against Ryan. You know that he is going to try to pull something like cutting me off. I could drown, you know! AND IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT!” I screamed at Sam. I could see a wall break past his eyes, and he fell against that wall. He was desperately trying to figure out what to do.
" “I figured out a way to get you out of this mess,” he said trailing off at the end.
" “What!?! What!? Anything that will work?” I asked.
" “How about this; I will take your place in the face off with Ryan, then you will be fine for the competition tomorrow, even if Ryan tries to pull something.” Sam told me this with a little sigh of resignation because he knew he wouldn’t be able to beat Ryan, and he might get
" “What do you want?” he replied.
" “I just wanted to let you know that you’ve been saying my name wrong all day” I said.
" “What are you talking about?” Ryan said with a look of complete confusion.
" “You’ve been calling me Sam all day, but actually my name is Jason. Hey, it’s ok,
a lot of people confuse us”. I told him this news with delight.
" A look of bewilderment and fear swept over Ryan's face as he drifted a bit further away from me. He didn’t say a word but I knew that he was wondering how in the world he could have killed my brother and not me. As the wave came up I thought one more time, maybe my brother is still at his girlfriend’s house, but deep down I knew this could not be true. As the wave came I saw the look of determination in Ryan’s eyes. We both got up on our boards and we knew this was it, the last wave of the competition so one of us would have to win and the other lose. Ryan cut me off as usual but ,unlike the other competitors, i didn’t think twice about bailing, I immediately switched directions and cut off Ryan. I was so close to him I could hear him