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TORREN MARTYN

Source: Torren Martyn.

Five people who are forging unique paths in surfing and shaking things up in the process

When the forecast calls for steep, barreling conditions, most people opt for high-performance boards they know will work: something in the 6'0" range, heavily rockered, with three fins, maybe four. But when Torren Martyn arrived at the departures terminal of the Brisbane Airport for a recent swell chase to the South Pacific, his board bag wasn’t stuffed

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