What is an almost certainty is that this week, swell depending, the WSL continues it’s abbreviated 2021 season with the Australian leg kicking off at Newcastle. And also for certain is that 45 years years ago, Peter Townend was the very first IPS world Champion. A great bloke with an incredible ability to recount surfing history and put it into perspective in relation to today’s world tour, The Boardroom podcast with 1976 World Champion Peter Townend. Let us begin.

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