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Surfing

South African Surfer Grant

Baker in Action at Nazare

Tow Surfing Championship

The 2020 World Surf League kicked off in major style lian team, Grant put the Team Atlantic to 3rd spot.
at the Nazare Big Wave Tow Surfing Championship The final day was marred by a serious incident in-
in Portugal recently. The surfers are towed in to the volving Portugese Surfer Alex Bortelho who required
waves as the swells are so large there is no natural rescuing after a bad wipeout. Alex was brought
channel to paddle out into. The sets at Nazare break quickly to the beach where paramedics attended to
at around 25 - 50ft with some faces coming close to him. He is currently recovering well in hospital and
double that size. the team at SAFFER worldwide wish him a speedy
recovery.
This years competition featured South African Grant
‘Twiggy’ Baker in action for Team Atlantic. Al- Next month we preview the first Soth African event
though the event was won by a Hawaiin and Brazil- for 2020 at Port Elizabeth.

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