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The Outsider: Masculin, feminin

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The Outsider: Masculin, feminin

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Steve Shearer

"As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect-like creature". Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis.

The day dawned with a pale yellow glow in the east beneath a towering bank of cumulus cloud. There was no sound of sirens or hooters, just raucous flocks of lorikeets scudding over the broken glass and blood-stained concrete of another street-fighting night in the ghetto-empire of the Cooly-gatta.

Roxy Pro: Day 2 Photos

On Saturday afternoon the forerunners to Sunday's predicted swell started running down the Snapper sandbank. Only a few heats were surfed, one by World Champ Steph Gilmore, against wildcard, Sarah Mason, of New Zealand.

Roxy Pro: Day 2 Photos

On Saturday afternoon the forerunners to Sunday's predicted swell started running down the Snapper sandbank. Only a few heats were surfed, one by World Champ Steph Gilmore, against wildcard, Sarah Mason, of New Zealand.

Episode 5 - Wrighting on the Wall

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Episode 5 - Wrighting on the Wall

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fran-derham

What a trail blazer. Rookie of the year, Tyler Wright took home the Womens O'Neill World Cup at Sunset Beach yesterday and she deserved every point she was awarded. 

The 16 yr old combo'd World Champ Steph Gilmore, Hawaiian Princess Coco Ho and Aussie hopeful Sally Fitzgibbons in the first 10 minutes of the Woman's final starting with the events highest single-wave score of 9.57 out of 10 and ending with the highest heat total of 17.24 out of 20.