BOYCOTT 1985: SOUTH AFRICA'S LINE IN THE SAND
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Tom Carroll, Tom Curren, Martin Potter and Cheyne Horan boycotted the three South African ASP events in 1985, in protest against that country's governmental apartheid policies. A unique and strange moment in surf history, and the sport's only full-contact interaction with global politics, as far as I can recall. We came out looking great. Or no . . . we came out looking ridiculous. Both, actually...
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