Surfing's Santa Delivers To The Gold Coast

Monday, 26 December 2011

The Christmas-Boxing Day break is usually a time for realaxing with family and friends, lazy days at the beach and the odd sneaky wave or two. But with swell hitting the Gold Coast from Cyclone Fina monster waves smashed the tourist strip, beaches were closed and only the best could manage to find a wave.

Ted Grambeau took some time off from the usual Christmas celebrations to capture the action up and down the coast.

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