"YOU GOTTA PUT ON A SHOW!" PETER TOWNEND INTERVIEW (2014)

"Professional surfing is 80% skill," Peter Townend said in 1977. "The other 20% is entertainment." You may not agree. You may think that hair gel, jumpsuits, pink boards, preening interviews, and a compulsive desire to go Hollywood doesn't really have a place in a worthwhile surfing ontology, and thus shouldn't be valued at the professional level. Or not at a 20% share, anyway. Let's not put on a ...

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