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  • 6/20/2025
A definitive history of surfing in Australia, Bombora tells the story of Australian beach culture through our surfing ch | dHNfZWNqRkZUaEMxeFU

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00:30It was a bit like a spaceship had landed and these guys had jumped out of it.
00:34It was a different way of looking at the world.
00:37It was a different way of being Australian, actually.
00:50Midway through the heat, he did a sensational big turn like this, and the crowd loved it.
01:00What is it that you're trying to get away from by being a surfer?
01:03You grew up on a wild coast and ended up being a wild man.
01:08And we were pretty wild back then.
01:10They're a nuisance and a disgrace when they come around the local village in their dirty clothes.
01:16You're a really good guy.
01:17There's nothing to run with at all.
01:18I was never tempted to be a surfer chick, lie on the beach, hold the keys.
01:24I was always the one to drop the keys and the skateboard and the bike off at the local surf shop and say,
01:29I'm going surfing.
01:36You keep pushing it and pushing it until you get to a life-threatening situation.
01:42Well, lucky no one really died that day.
01:43It tells me that everyone was going one way, I was going a perfect Christmas life.
02:04And it felt wonderful.
02:06I just loved the sun on my back and I didn't care I didn't get a ride for ages, you know.
02:10But just loved being free.
02:13You're it.
02:21All around me.
02:25You're it.
02:36You're it.

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