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Surfing Was Set to Debut at the Summer Olympics. 2020 Had Other Plans.

23rd July 2020 0 comment

This was going to be a historic year for the sport of surfing. Journalists at The New York Times spoke with the world’s top surfers to go behind the scenes as the sport prepares to make its Olympic debut … next year.

Watch the videos from NY Times –

https://www.nytimes.com/video/sports/olympics/100000007219144/summer-olympics.html

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Hugh

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Surfing Was Set to Debut at the Summer Olympics. 2020 Had Other Plans.

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