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There’s little that can be said about Beach Hop that hasn’t been said before, and this year’s event, Repco Beach Hop 19, which kicked off on 27 March, just as our last issue went to print, lived up to all expectations.

In the lead-up to each year’s event, we wonder how the team behind it can make it any better than the previous one, yet, at the end of it, we’re always left agreeing that, which will go on sale just a couple weeks after this issue, for the full blowby-blow rundown and a look at this year’s top vehicles. In the meantime, though, while you wait for that, here’s a very brief overview.

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