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Backwash and Webcasts

When you take a sneak peak at other sports and federations (e.g. NFL, AFL, Olympics) they have been moving towards producing and owning their own media platforms. The best example is probably Redbull and their content pool that they built from scratch a few years back. It now houses all their media assets in one place with an incredible distribution network. So successful has the ‘Bull been that we have seen them make partnerships with Volcom in Fiji and O’Neill in Santa Cruz in 2012.

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Australian tells of miracle rescue at sea

An Australian surfer who helped rescue a South African man after he was lost in Indonesian waters for 27 hours has told of the moment he and eight mates spotted the man, still alive, bobbing in the ocean.

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Surf Fins: Then and Now

If the surf fin was never invented, we’d all be riding straight to the beach. The fin is designed for control, steering and stability. Pre-fin surfers used to have little control of direction and turn very gradually, if at all.

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John John Florence & Taylor Swift are Dating?

Many entertainment news source have been publishing reports that Taylor Swift and John John Florence have been talking to each other and could possibly be dating. While we have not received any official statement from either of them, this source that originally gave out this info seems quite confident in their claims.

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Michael Lynch joins the ASP Dream Tour as Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer.

ASP Announces New Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer

ASP Announces Michael Lynch as New Chief Marketing and Revenue Officer

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What happens when you start surfing

The allure of surfing is underestimated. I got into it at an early age; I didn’t consider the long-term effects. Neither did my parents. In 1995 surfing was pretty much socially acceptable. And as a kid I had a lot of free time, so it never conflicted with anything.

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Kelly Slater, The Greatest Athlete of All Time?

The debate about the stature of surfing in sports mainstream can safely be concluded as something that we will agree to disagree about. Nevertheless, it is a sport.

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Surfing as Rehab for Those Fighting Addiction

The first time Darryl Virostko surfed waves as tall as three-story buildings at Mavericks, the legendary surf spot some 50 miles north of here, he was high on acid.

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Kelly Slater Wave Company dealt a blow

Kelly Slater dealt blow as investment company falters

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Some travel agents think Bali, where tourism-dependant locals conceal their annoyance at foreigners' behaviour, is partly to blame for Australians' ignorance of cultural sensitivities abroad. Photo: AFP.

Tourists behaving badly: How to avoid being a travel jerk

A trio of saffron-robed monks and three young Australian women pose smilingly outside a Bangkok temple as a photo is taken by one of their travelling companions. The women have just left the temple where they persuaded the monks to be part of a photographic souvenir.

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