Tandem Surfing – 1997

From the Coastwatch Vault, this John Charlton story from March 1997 is on Noosa surfers Chris de Aboitz and Sarah Bain reviving an old surfing skill, Tandem Surfing

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Tandem Surfing – 1997

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