‘I’VE GOT 144,000 REASONS TO LIVE’
Jul 10, 2022
2 minutes
By Emma Levett
The waves washed over Thomas Glendenning’s board as he propelled himself through the break and into the ocean beyond.
The 17-year-old’s eyes were firmly fixed on the shark buoy 1km from the Gold Coast beach he’d started from. His heart was racing and as he eventually reached it, he knew he’d paddled out further than ever before.
“I was scared,” Thomas, now 19, tells New
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