{"id":73618,"date":"2024-05-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/texasmetronews.com\/?p=73618"},"modified":"2024-04-30T06:00:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T11:00:59","slug":"black-business-big-wave-swim-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/texasmetronews.com\/73618\/black-business-big-wave-swim-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Business: Big Wave Swim Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/5-1-24-Big-Wave-Swim-Academy-Black-Business-Spotlight.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73619\" style=\"width:221px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/5-1-24-Big-Wave-Swim-Academy-Black-Business-Spotlight.jpg?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/5-1-24-Big-Wave-Swim-Academy-Black-Business-Spotlight.jpg?resize=325%2C325&amp;ssl=1 325w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/5-1-24-Big-Wave-Swim-Academy-Black-Business-Spotlight.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/5-1-24-Big-Wave-Swim-Academy-Black-Business-Spotlight.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/5-1-24-Big-Wave-Swim-Academy-Black-Business-Spotlight.jpg?resize=1536%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/5-1-24-Big-Wave-Swim-Academy-Black-Business-Spotlight.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/5-1-24-Big-Wave-Swim-Academy-Black-Business-Spotlight.jpg?resize=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/5-1-24-Big-Wave-Swim-Academy-Black-Business-Spotlight.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/texasmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/5-1-24-Big-Wave-Swim-Academy-Black-Business-Spotlight.jpg?w=1760&amp;ssl=1 1760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Meet Kalyea Terrell who attends Texas Women\u2019s University and is the water instructor at Big Wave Swim. 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