Paul “Antman†Paterson Nearly Pays The Ultimate Price In West Oz
I’d been studying footage of this particular Australian slab for ages, and it’s basically what I’ve been looking for along the South African coastline over the past five years.
My friend in Australia, Paul Paterson aka “Antmanâ€, called me up one Monday morning and asked if I was interested in joining him. He’d been following a big swell that was due to unload on this deepwater reef, but he needed a partner—everyone else had pulled out, saying it was going to be too big and windy … More
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“I don’t remember when it’s been this close with the top five,” Courtney Conlogue says over the phone. She’s at home in Santa Ana, Calif., prepping for the upcoming Roxy Pro Biarritz — the sixth of seven stops on the ASP Women’s World Tour. Approaching last year’s Roxy Pro, a staggering reversal of fortune was the single potential threat to Carissa Moore’s world title. This year, the top five women all have reasonable claims, if arduous paths, to the throne. Currently ranked fourth, Conlogue is just 600 points behind Moore and 900 ahead of Tyler Wright. “Usually, the top two run away with it, but it’s still  … More
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