The Flyer: What Follows The Five Rings
Saturday 31/07 9
"So this is how surfing in the Olympics begins, not with a bang but a whimper."
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The Flyer: What Follows The Five Rings
Saturday 31/07 9
"So this is how surfing in the Olympics begins, not with a bang but a whimper."
Watch: How To Kill Longboarding
Friday 30/07 38
Wayne Lynch at Mainbreak taken from the 1969 film 'Evolution'.
Typhoon In-Fa Turns Red to Blue
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Satellite imagery has picked up the surface impressions left by Typhoons In-Fa and Nepartak.
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Watch: Derek Ho Interview
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The Flyer: Opposing The Hometown Hero
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Watch: Beer O'Clock
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A regulation collab gets elevated with Stuart Campbell's laconic narration and Ryan Campbell's schooner nooner.
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"This is not over for me but just the beginning of a new chapter."
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