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    WAKING FROM THE DREAM TOUR

    Jun 02, 2021 3 minutes
    WORDS BY BRAD HUTCHINS

    Late 2000s. The golden era. The Dream Tour in its prime. Slater, Fanning, Parko, Steph and Carissa at their peak powers, swinging into caverns across the world. Cloudbreak firing. “The sickest competition on the planet” was Globe’s slogan, if memory serves correctly. Snapper, Bells, Teahupo’o, and J-Bay, all leading into a thundering crescendo at Pipeline.

    Fast forward to 2021 and only half of those locations are left on tour. Of course, there’s COVID-19 and all that. But is two-foot Narrabeen

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