Surfing Life

RINGS OF FIRE

There has been so much debate around surfing making its maiden appearance at the Olympic Games. A Games that have been shrouded in doubt, pushed out a year, and finally run in a crowdless, COVID-safe environment.

We’re not here to discuss results, because by the time you read this, champions will have been crowned, medals handed out, national anthems sung with chests puffed out and, no doubt, the odd tear. Sport, we love it! And thanks to the Brazilian Storm, we’ve seen the pot of patriotism re-heated, and its energy spill over like boiled water on an unwatched stove. For years, the team format fostered by the

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