Surfing Life

BIGGEST CROWD EVER?

If two’s company and three’s a crowd, then we’re not sure what you’d call the frenzy of Brazilian surf fans that lined the shore for this year’s edition of the Oi Rio Pro.

The men’s and women’s WSL Championship Tour event took place an hour’s drive east of Rio de Janeiro last month, in the seaside town of Saquarema. The town, dubbed the capital of Brazilian surfing, may have witnessed the biggest crowd ever at a professional

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