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News Manager March 6th, 2005

AP - More than 40 surfers cruised into the record books Saturday when they successfully rode a giant surfboard off an Australian beach, breaking the previous world record set by an English team of 14 people in 2003.

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#1

By Charge 7 on March 6th, 2005

Looks like it's being towed in that photo. Not exactly surfing.

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By chewie_nz on March 6th, 2005

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Originally Posted by Charge_7

Looks like it's being towed in that photo. Not exactly surfing.

standard practice now to get "tow in" with very heavy boards for big wave stability...i think that counts as a heavy board lol

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