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  Jamie O'Brien and the point of switchfoot surfing

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 24 Comments | Sun 5th Feb '12

  Give me a 8 for a switch stance wave at pipe today ?????

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  The sliding doors of competition surfing

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 70 Comments | Sun 5th Feb '12

  On the stroke of a pen the results would've differed

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  Surf Journalism: Give The People What They Want!

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 42 Comments | Sun 5th Feb '12

  Expect more 'human interest' stories on Swellnet

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  Specialty webcasts: a new means to dream

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 266 Comments | Sun 5th Feb '12

  Both the Rip Curl Cup and Billabong Mundaka Challenge are unrelated one-off events. They don't contribute to tour ratings...

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  Billabong: The headline act in need of support

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 268 Comments | Sun 5th Feb '12

  The reason for Billabong's dire predicament is a cavalier retail plan

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  Kelly Slater to retire again

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 23 Comments | 7 hours ago

  Stop me if you've heard this one before.

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  From White Kite to Muff Diver: What's in a name?

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 26 Comments | 8 hours ago

  The 'Psychedelic Germ' or 6'2 x 18 ¾ x 2 ½?

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  Slater the Dictator

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | | 3 hours ago

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  Kelly Slater enters the debate

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 25 Comments | 59 minutes ago

  Last week Kelly Slater issued a statement rebuking an article I wrote on Swellnet

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  Wave of the future: An interview with Greg Webber

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 117 Comments | Sat 4th Feb '12

  It could be less than two years before the first one is built

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  Kelly Slater almost sunk in wave pool wrangle

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 142 Comments | 8 hours ago

  In the quest for market dominance the first person to create a working wave pool will have a clear advantage

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  Maurice Cole talks about BASE for the first time

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 19 Comments | 7 hours ago

  The only reason I'm saying this is to clear the air because a lot of shit was said about me.

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  Big Wave Measurements Leave Me Flaccid

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 34 Comments | Sat 4th Feb '12

  It's enough to make a regular big wave surfer feel inadequate.

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  Mark Kelly of GSI on the Collapse of BASE

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 126 Comments | 4 hours ago

  From my point of view the whole industry lacks professionalism

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  ASP Blunder Ruins All The Good Work

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 3 Comments | Yesterday

  When it comes to balls-ups they don't come much bigger than the Kelly Slater fiasco

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  National Surfing Reserves: Our Best Resort for Surfspot Protection

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 2 Comments | 1 hour ago

  World Heritage status for Angourie and Margaret River?

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  Jeremy Flores Keeps Company With Eddie Aikau

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 27 Comments | 2 hours ago

  Watching Jeremy Flores fast track into the event really bums me out

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  When The Webcast Cuts Out

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 26 Comments | 7 hours ago

  The winning wave came toward Medina...then everything went black

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  Barry Bruce on the recent shark deaths

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 52 Comments | Sun 5th Feb '12

  Bruce unemotionally lays many of the common myths to rest.

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  I Told You So Bobby

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 76 Comments | 1 hour ago

  What right does Gabriel Medina have of being on the World Tour?

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  The BASE failure: What it means for the industry

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 75 Comments | Sat 4th Feb '12

  The surfboard industry can only work as a cottage industry

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  Kelly Slater and Dane Reynolds: Branding in a Brave New World

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 19 Comments | 2 hours ago

  Why doesn't Marine Layer feature any logos?

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  Paddle Battle: Jet-ski assist banned at Rip Curl Search San Francisco

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 34 Comments | 6 hours ago

  As surfers have paddle battles commentators can tell war stories

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  Singing Rasta's Praise in Silence

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 76 Comments | Sun 5th Feb '12

  Rasta can talk the talk but he can't sing the song

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  Eighteen and laughing all the way to the bank

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 3 Comments | 4 hours ago

  I am so happy! I think I will get a bank account.

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  Tough Justice, Mexican Style

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 50 Comments | 4 hours ago

  Foreign photographers are banned from Salina Cruz for two years

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  Creating Mark Visser™

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 99 Comments | Sun 5th Feb '12

  Witness the public image metamorphosis of Mark Visser

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  Surfing the Net and Searching for Truth

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 61 Comments | Sun 5th Feb '12

  The rumour mill hasn't dried up it's just moved to a different location

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  Swellnet Saves The World

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 75 Comments | Sun 5th Feb '12

  Don't trust replicant surf forecasts

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  Bobby Blows It

  In: Surfpolitik | by stunet | 49 Comments | 2 hours ago

  BOBO HAS QUIT!!!

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