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25 years of the Thruster and ‘81 Bells Video

This is the FCS video celebrating 25 years of the thruster. The best parts are the shots of SA in 10-12 foot Bells Beach surf at what turned out to be one of the most talked about contests ever.

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Tuesday, May 2nd, 2006 at 9:10 am | video, boards | RSS 2.0 | trackback

God Went Surfing With The Devil, a movie about Israeli and Palestinian surfers seems appropriate this week. Found on the erBB, where I found this quote by GWS "If these kids are going to have any chance of peace, they're going to have to tell their parents/establishment/organized religion to fark off."
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Clayfin has been cranking out the clay fins again, and they're beautiful.
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