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Surfing in 2012: The Good, Bad, and Ugly

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The Good

People from Coolangatta

What is it about a drug-addled border town with gang-crime issues that creates great surfers? It says a lot about Joel Parkinson and his beautiful surfing that, despite the surf-world’s overarching Slater-worship, most were happy to see him take a title. He might be the last man to do it while keeping his fins firmly planted in the face of a wave (most of the time). Steph Gilmore was already a legend, but by clawing back to the number one spot after a very off year she arguably proved even more than she did the first four times. Long live the Queen.

Jaws: October 10th, 2012

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