Potter, Martin
Volatile regularfoot surfer from Durban, South Africa; world pro tour champion in 1989, and an early proponent of aerial surfing. "Many young surfers today are still slightly scared of Potter," Surfing magazine noted in "Pottz: Last of the Wildmen," an article published in 1995, one year after Potter retired from the pro tour. "He's a big, hulking, hairy beast with a tough-guy snarl and the ineffa...
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Martin Potter
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Martin Potter, 1989. Photo: John Seaton Callahan
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Martin Potter wins 1983 Stubbies, Burleigh Heads
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Martin Potter, 1983
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Martin Potter, Pipeline, 1986. Photo: Jeff Divine
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