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Mark Richards (surfer)

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Mark Richards (born 7 March 1957), known as MR, is an Australian surfer, four time world champion (1979–1982), and highly respected by his peers. [1]

48 relations: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Australian Sports Medal, Banzai Pipeline, Billabong Pipeline Masters, Blacksmiths, New South Wales, Bruce Springsteen, Bustin' Down the Door, Centenary Medal, Cricket, Eddie Vedder, Fiberglass, Fred Hemmings, Gold Coast, Queensland, Greg Noll, Haleiwa, Hawaii, Ian Cairns, International Professional Surfers, International Surfing Association, Lake Macquarie (New South Wales), Margaret River, Western Australia, Newcastle, New South Wales, Nii-jima, North Shore (Oahu), Ochroma, Order of Australia, Pan American World Airways, Pearl Jam, Peter Townend (surfer), Porsche, Queensland, Rainbow Bay, Rip Curl Pro, Rolex, SeaChange, Shaun Tomson, Smirnoff World Pro-Am Surfing Championships, Snapper Rocks, Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards, Stubbies (surfing), Sudden infant death syndrome, Surfabout, Surfboard, Surfing, Surfing Magazine, Tom Carroll (surfer), Waimea Bay, Hawaii, Wayne Bartholomew, World Surf League.

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) founded in 1929 is Australia's national broadcaster, funded by the Australian Federal Government but specifically independent of Government and politics in the Commonwealth.

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Australian Sports Medal

The Australian Sports Medal was an award given during 2000 to recognise achievements in Australian sport.

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Banzai Pipeline

The Banzai Pipeline, or simply "Pipeline" or "Pipe," is a surf reef break located in Hawaii, off Ehukai Beach Park in Pupukea on O'ahu's North Shore.

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Billabong Pipeline Masters

The Billabong Pipeline Masters is an event in surfing held annually at Banzai Pipeline in Oahu, Hawaii.

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Blacksmiths, New South Wales

Blacksmiths is a coastal suburb of the City of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales, Australia adjacent to the Pacific Ocean south of Newcastle's central business district, between the suburbs of Belmont and Swansea.

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Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, known for his work with the E Street Band.

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Bustin' Down the Door

Bustin' Down The Door is a 2008 documentary film chronicling the rise of professional surfing in the early 1970s.

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Centenary Medal

The Centenary Medal is an award created by the Australian Government in 2001.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players each on a cricket field, at the centre of which is a rectangular pitch with a target at each end called the wicket (a set of three wooden stumps upon which two bails sit).

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Eddie Vedder

Eddie Vedder (born Edward Louis Severson III; December 23, 1964) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter best known as the lead vocalist and one of three guitarists of the American rock band Pearl Jam.

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Fiberglass

Fiberglass (US) or fibreglass (UK) is a common type of fiber-reinforced plastic using glass fiber.

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Fred Hemmings

Fred Hemmings (born January 9, 1946) is an American former surfer, author and politician.

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Gold Coast, Queensland

The Gold Coast is a coastal city in the Australian state of Queensland, approximately south-southeast of the state capital Brisbane and immediately north of the border with New South Wales.

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Greg Noll

Greg Noll (born February 11, 1937), nicknamed "Da Bull" by Phil Edwards in reference to his physique and way of "charging" down the face of a wave, is an American pioneer of big wave surfing and is also acknowledged as a prominent longboard shaper.

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Haleiwa, Hawaii

Haleiwa is a North Shore community and census-designated place (CDP) in the Waialua District of the island of Ookinaahu, City and County of Honolulu.

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Ian Cairns

Ian Cairns (born 24 July 1952 in Kew, Victoria) is a former champion surfer who was also influential in establishing the world professional surfing circuit and particularly the World Championship Tour.

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International Professional Surfers

The International Professional Surfers (IPS) organization was the original world governing body of professional surfing that existed between 1976 and 1982.

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International Surfing Association

The International Surfing Association (ISA) is the world governing authority for surfing, SUP racing, SUP surfing, bodyboarding, and all other wave riding activities.

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Lake Macquarie (New South Wales)

Lake Macquarie or Awaba is Australia's largest coastal salt water lagoon.

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Margaret River, Western Australia

Margaret River is a town in the South West of Western Australia, located in the valley of the eponymous Margaret River, south of Perth, the state capital.

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Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas.

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Nii-jima

is a volcanic Japanese island administered by Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

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North Shore (Oahu)

The North Shore, in the context of geography of the Island of Ookinaahu, refers to the north-facing coastal area of Oahu between Kaokinaena Point and Kahuku Point.

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Ochroma

Ochroma is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae, containing the sole species Ochroma pyramidale, commonly known as the balsa tree.

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Order of Australia

The Order of Australia is an order of chivalry established on 14 February 1975 by Elizabeth II, Queen of Australia, to recognise Australian citizens and other persons for achievement or meritorious service.

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Pan American World Airways

Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal and largest international air carrier in the United States from 1927 until its collapse on December 4, 1991.

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Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 1990.

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Peter Townend (surfer)

Peter Townend (born 1953), also known as PT, is an Australian surfer and first IPS/ASP World Surfing Champion.

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Porsche

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Queensland

Queensland (abbreviated as Qld) is the second-largest and third-most populous state in the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Rainbow Bay

Rainbow Bay is a bay, beach and locality at the southern end of Coolangatta within the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

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Rip Curl Pro

Formerly the Bells Beach Surf Classic, The Rip Curl Pro is a WSL (formerly ASP) World Tour surfing competition held in and around Torquay, Victoria.

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Rolex

Rolex SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaker.

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SeaChange

SeaChange is an Australian television show that ran for 39 episodes from 1998 to 2000 on the ABC.

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Shaun Tomson

Shaun Tomson (born 21 August 1955) is a South African professional surfer and former world champion, environmentalist, actor, author and businessman.

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Smirnoff World Pro-Am Surfing Championships

Fred Hemmings, retired from competition as a surfer, began his career as an event promoter and ran the Smirnoff World Pro-Am Surfing Championships between 1969 and 1977.

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Snapper Rocks

Snapper Rocks is a small rocky outcrop on the northern side of Point Danger at the southern end of Rainbow Bay on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

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Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards

The Sport Australia Hall of Fame was established on 10 December 1985 to recognise the achievements of Australian sportsmen and sportswomen.

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Stubbies (surfing)

The Stubbies was a surf competition held annually, in about March, at Burleigh Heads, Queensland from 1977 to 1988.

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Sudden infant death syndrome

Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), also known as cot death or crib death, is the sudden unexplained death of a child less than one year of age.

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Surfabout

Surfabout was a surfing competition held annually in Sydney, Australia between 1974 and 1991.

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Surfboard

A surfboard is an elongated platform used in surfing.

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Surfing

Surfing is a surface water sport in which the wave rider, referred to as a surfer, rides on the forward or deep face of a moving wave, which is usually carrying the surfer towards the shore.

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Surfing Magazine

Surfing Magazine, originally titled International Surfing Magazine, was a magazine that was founded in 1964 by Orange County local Dick Graham and surf photographer Leroy Grannis.

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Tom Carroll (surfer)

Thomas Victor "Tom" Carroll (born 26 November 1961, Newport, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian former professional surfer from Sydney.

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Waimea Bay, Hawaii

Waimea Bay is located in Haleiwa on the North Shore of O'ahu in the Hawaiian Islands at the mouth of the Waimea River.

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Wayne Bartholomew

Wayne "Rabbit" Bartholomew is an Australian surfer who won the World Surfing Championship in 1978, 1999 (ASP world masters) and 2003 (ASP world grand master).

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World Surf League

The World Surf League (WSL) is the governing body for professional surfers and is dedicated to showcasing the world’s best talent in a variety of progressive formats.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Richards_(surfer)

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