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Ian Cairns

Credits: Alan Rich, Bill Delaney, Gary Capo, Steve Core, Steve Soderberg, Allen Maine

Encyclopedia of Surfing

Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP)
Big Wednesday
Bronzed Aussies
Cairns, Ian
International Professional Surfers (IPS)

History of Surfing

Follow the Money
Grand Prix Dream
How to Turn a Circus into a Riot
Rabbit's Big Adventure

Interviews

Ian Cairns

Features

1970s DUKE CLASSIC POWER RANKINGS: HAKMAN #1!
I SEE YOUR POWER LIST AND RAISE TWO MORE! 15 GREAT POWER SURFERS
IAN CAIRNS ON BELLS, TRI-FINS, AND THE JOY OF "WALLY'S CORNER"
PRO TOUR '76: COME FOR THE SURFING, STAY FOR THE COMEDY!
WE ARE ALL SPICOLI. EXCEPT FOR SEAN PENN AND IAN CAIRNS

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 10-31-2021: JACK "BLUEY" MAYS, ANNE-MARGRET, SMIRNOFF PRO
SUNDAY JOINT, 12-23-2018: JON DAMM, THE '85 ASP BOYCOTT
SUNDAY JOINT, 6-17-2018: RELL SUNN, MIMI MUNRO, SHANGRI-LAS

Videos

"Free Ride" footage, shot by Dan Merkel
1975 Rip Curl Pro, Bells Beach
1975 Smirnoff Pro Finals, Waimea Bay
1977 Stubbies Surf Classic, Burleigh Heads
Haleiwa, 1980, from "Wizards of the Water"

Contests

1973 Smirnoff Pro-Am
1973 Triple Crown Retrofit
1974 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic
1974 Hang Ten American Pro
1975 Duke Kahanamoku Surfing Classic