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chasing swell

Why do we chase swells? – part 1

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 Michele Leave a comment Surfing and Surfers
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The quest Chasing swells. The quest that makes us spinning around the globe. And the reason may vary from simple ideological motivations to much more metaphysical answers such as “I like to ride this form of cosmic energy during his last journey to the beach”. Anyway, I am here to make things easy and I’ll be […]

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