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Competitive Drain

By Jake Howard

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

The Triple Crown season is done and over. The Nelscott Reef tow/paddle spectacular wrapped early this year. The Maverick's Contest is struggling to get a sponsor, and by the looks of things won't run this winter. And then there's the Eddie, which unless Waimea tops 20+ feet won't run either. If you have a daily surf blog to write these next couple of months it may be a bit lean, but if you don't give a flying f**k about competitive surfing—big-wave or otherwise—you're stoked not to b ...

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