... don't influence me, that just make me jealous. Who is one of your favorite all-time surfers? I have many of those. All the guys I just mentioned. The Ho brothers. BK. Ben Aipa. Chris Marsalles. Curren and Slater. And, let me not forget about Laird Hamilton. HE is something way far else. He amazes me with his fearlessness and maxed out attact ... ...

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... the crowd, because they were Aboriginal. They put up with racist slurs and attitudes almost daily in their civilian life - but to their mates in the trenches they were Mick, Ben and Harry. The misconceptions and negative stereotypes that surely many non-Aboriginal diggers had in their minds when they joined would have quickly disappeared when they were living, eating, laughing ... ...

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