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SAN CLEMENTE’S SECOND COMING

As of late 2018, the Brazilian storm is still churning and decimating the hierarchy of the World Championship tour, but there’s a rumbling brewing, a quiet upwelling that’s starting to make noise on a global scale. There’s a small yet formidable army of positively charged surfers forming, and they are already hell-bent on taking on the world. The difference between this new group, and the Brazilians currently in control, is that this group comes from a small town, not a country. This new group comes from a 50-kilometre region that lies between San Diego and Los Angeles, the town is San Clemente, and if you surf, you already know it well, but did you know that this

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