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Hawaii man copes with gambling addiction by offering free surf lessons to strangers
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February 28, 2026
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2:48Now PlayingFor Buddy Wiggins of Honolulu, Hawaii, the end result of a yearslong sports gambling addiction has come to this: soliciting strangers on the beach. The 32-year-old pool cleaner says he heard a voice, a calling, to take his life in a radically different direction. Steve Hartman has the story.
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