How could a cocky blond 20-year-old upstart from Australia be about to win the most prestigious surfing competition in the world: the 1978 Banzai Pipeline Masters in Hawaii?
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My dad's toes were cut off one by one…and then his body dissolved in acid by gangsters. After a childhood like that, tackling Hawaii's infamous Pipeline wave was a walk in the park
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