It's like the script out of a Hollywood movie.

A boys who grows up watching the sport's greats at Molokai becomes just like them, winning the iconic race - and he's the first local to do so since 1978.

Pat Dolan is front-and-centre on this episode of The Paddler's Pod, as Sam & Macca talk through his thrilling victory, as well as the brilliance of Danielle Richards.

Dean Gardiner pays his tributes, too, in a wide-ranging - and no-holds-barred - discussion about the state of surfski.

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