Surphang Magazine Issue 13

Surphang Magazine

Issue 13

Proudly presents

The Pro Show

Bailey goes Big!

Surphang celebrates!

Champ Chats

Tip Top Timson!

'Ansom Aggie Sunshine Coast

Surphang Magazine

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'Time flies!'

Time's a funny old thing when you think about it. Ticking away relentlessly, it tries to order and organise even control our everyday lives, regimentedly moving through seconds to centuries, minutes to millenia. And we often just let it, falling into a daily routine of monotony. But why should we be the servant of time? After all man created time, simply as a means to making sense of the natural world around us – the change from day to night, the difference between winter and summer, the movement of the tides! After all, one hour can seem like an eternity whereas a week can fly by in a flash!

Despite its desire to order our world, time is what you make it! Sit waiting for your mate to text back and let you know if the surfs any good and that hour will last forever but a week away somewhere new and that trip will fly!

A year ago, we decided we'd had enough of waiting to hear back, so we took the bold step to start SURPHANG. Twelve months twelve issues later and time really has flown. We've loved every minute – we hope you have too!

Sunshine and surf down under.

Photo: Peter Perreaux

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This Issue's Features

The Pro Show

Champ Chats

Welcome to the Pro Show!

Soli Bailey's the new kid on the Billabong block. He'll be going big and going places!

Harry Timson's been a champ four times and is now UK's Best Aerialist – we had to chat about life at the top!

Bailey Goes Big!

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Tip Top Timson!

'Ansom Aggie British surf photographer Ben Howard shares his shots of his local break at St Agnes in this issue's 'Hot Spots'.

This Issue

Sunshine Coast Surphang's of to Australia!

So here's a tantalising teaser of what's to come as we hit the Sunshine Coast!

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Australian's live, breath and sleep surfng so there's plenty of talent down under. Time to meet Caloundra's Nic Doran.

Surphang celebrates!

It's our frst anniversary! So here's the covers that made SURPHANG MAGAZINE's frst twelve issues so special!

The French breaks always deliver some perfect peaks.

Photo: Stu Gaston

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Welcome to

The Pro Show Bailey goes big!

Words and photos: stu gaston

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SM Soli Bailey going sensationally big and pushing his aerial limits.

Billabong has been helping to bring top Australian surfers under the spotlight for many years now. From Joel Parkinson to Jack Freestone, Taj Burrow to Ryan Callinan, all have come to our attention through such classic Billabong movies as 'Trilogy' and more recently 'Blow Up!' These four surfers have practically become household names because of their ability to push surfng boundaries.

And now another generation are about to follow in their footsteps, led by Billabong's latest prodigy, Soli Bailey. We caught up with him last summer to fnd out more!

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Name: Soli Bailey Age: 17 years old Nickname? Just Soli, my real name is Solamon Years surfng: 14 years Where you live: Byron Bay, Australia Sponsors: Billabong, Al Merrick, Globe, Arnette, Skullcandy & Dakine Local break/s: Tallows Favourite surfer? Julian Wilson Favourite place to surf? The Wreck Favourite surf movie? Trilogy Whats your favourite surf trick? Barrel Favourite board? 5'11 Al Merrick

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The Pro Show

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What got you into surfng?

My Dad When and how did you become sponsored?

About 10 yrs old I picked up my frst sponsor through good results at the Rusty Gromfest in Lennox Head.

Who in surfng inspires you most?

My Dad

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What do you prefer, free surfng or competitions and why?

I'd like to combine them both because I think free surfng is epic but comps keep you pushing your limits because its a challenge to surf against good surfers.

When and where was your best surf session?

At home surfng .......... on Christmas day 2011

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Soli gets tail high quite a lot actually!

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What do you do when you don't surf?

Hang out with family and friends, go fshing or train.

Do you train as much as you surf?

Yes I train heaps.

And if you didn't surf at all, what sport would you play?

I loved footy when I was young, Rugby League.

If you had unlimited money, what would you buy?

Houses and cars!

What's your most overused word?

"Huh?"

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What's your goal for the next year?

To win comps And what about the future?

To be the best athlete I can be in ftness and in surfng.

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SOLI Bailey Soli Bailey is obviously driven to do well this year and following on behind the big names of his fellow Billabong team riders, it won't be long before he too is a household name! In the meantime, expect to be seeing much more of this talented surfer in 2013!

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Champ Chats Tip top Timson!

Words: stu gaston & Photos: Vince Timson

For over 5 years now, one name has dominated the heat sheets of British Junior surfng. With four British titles to his name already, Harry Timson, the UK's favourite uber grom, is now making the transition into the Open division of competitive surfng and after a few events last year, he's already quite convincingly made his mark on the UK Pro Surf Tour, taking Carve's UK Aerialist of the Year award still at only 17 years old. So we caught up with him whilst on a trip to Lanzarote to start of the year, and asked him all about life at the top!

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Two Thousand and Twelve was a pretty epic year for you – highest placed Under 18 Brit on the European Pro Junior tour and earning the title UK's best aerialist surfer must have been just some of the highlights. Talk us through those memorable moments frst then?

2012 was a great year for me! First of all the Euro Pro Juniors went well and it was a productive summer for training, surfng and also coverage. After the summer had fnished, the UK Pro Surf Tour events had started to become confrmed (due to lack of swell in the UK during summer they had to cancel and postpone events and dates) and I managed to fy back just in time for the frst event, the Pro Junior at my home break, Fistral. I ended up winning that event which was a bonus! Another memorable event was up in Scarbrough where I got 2nd in the Open and managed to stick an air in the fnal which lead to me being awarded the Carve UK's Aerialist of the Year!

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The previous year you'd made it as British Under 18 Champion.

Talk us through that contest?

In the British Nationals you were only allowed to enter one division that year and although my category was actually Under 16, I felt like a bit of a challenge and decided to go for it in the Under 18s! The surf was big and messy but I managed to come out on top and become the Under 18 British Champion!

You have to overcome some solid surfng from your contenders to win a title nowadays? How do you rate your surfng peers over in the UK at the moment?

The level of British Surfng is just getting higher and higher each year. I think one of the people I really look up to is Alan Stokes.

I've surfed with him quite a lot recently and watch him in a lot of his contests and he just rips! And that's in any conditions from knee high mush to 6ft bazzas!

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CHAMP CHATS You've been surfng against guys like him most of your competitive life. There must be diferent levels of camaraderie or rivalry in the ranks. How does this afect the way you surf in a heat?

I think that everyone surfs diferently and that every dog can have its day! So sometimes you just have to block out the other people and just surf your heats, otherwise you can think too much about what they're doing and lose concentration on your own heat! After all nobody wants to travel the length of the country to be knocked out frst round, although it happens to everyone!

So who would you least want to be drawn up against in a heat and why?

Defnitely Stoksey! You could throw him out in anything and he will come out with two big scores! God knows what's on the bottom of his boards haha

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Now you're a veteran champion, having already had four such titles in your surfng career so far, so which goes down as your best victory to date?

I think actually the title I'm most proud of is the Aerialist of the Year, just because we have some big names on the UK Pro Surf Tour, even worldwide, such as Reubyn Ash! When you have people like him doing forehand rodeos, he spends more time in the air than on the wave!

Being a four times champ by Twenty Twelve then, what's next? What are your goals for 2013?

I would really like to do something along the lines of top 10 on the ASP European Pro Junior tour, as that is the next step up from what I've been doing now.

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And what about training? How do you keep on top of ftness and keep on pushing your surfng?

I have been training with my family seeing as my sister is a cross country runner so I'm always out training with her and then swim training with my dad and brother, nothing too heavy!

Now you spent much of last year away frst in Hawaii, then Australia and then France for most of the summer. Do you feel that opportunities to surf abroad have really brought your surfng on?

Surfng abroad has improved my surfng by miles! The waves are just so diferent and have more power and better shape which makes your surfng quicker and sharper. France seems like my second home now and it's just a perfect training ground for me.

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CHAMP CHATS And what about plans for travelling this year then?

This year I've just done a trip in Lanzarote with the Daveys and Braddocks! Had great waves too but now I'm of to Indo for two months with my dad shooting and flming for some new videos . After that it will be a short visit home to keep mum happy! Then it's back to france and the Pro Juniors start and once they're all done and dusted, it will be time to jetset of to warmer climates again!

Finally, where do you see yourself in fve to ten years time?

In a mansion somewhere in Mexico with perfect waves everyday... hopefully!

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'Ansom Aggie Words: stu gaston & Photos: Ben Howard

It's been a wet and wild winter so far here in the UK. But for the British surfing community this is all the better as it means simply one thing – sheltered spots!

Yes as those low pressures roll in off the atlantic and the south westerlies hit gale force then surfers all over britain look to those classic places that only come to life in big stormy conditions. one such place is that jewel in the north cornish crown – St Agnes.

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Known affectionately as Aggie, St Agnes sits on the edge of an elevated headland that juts out into the Atlantic, leaving a nicely sheltered cove on its northern side.

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And it's in this cove that the huge swell rolling in off the Atlantic momentarily changes direction as it meets the shoreline and meeting the now offshore southerlies is massaged into some superbly shaped waves.

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There's a really good right at all tides which can give some fun punchy waves.

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And of course, being a cove, then shooting into the right can give some stunning backgrounds!

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As the tide drops out, a powerful lefthander instantly comes alive!

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And the right keeps firing too!

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So it's no wonder that the local crew try to keep this little gem covered up!

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Sunshine Coast Words: stu gaston & Photos: Peter Perreaux

If you're looking for sun and surf, there's no better place to start than Australia's Sunshine Coast!

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Thousands head to Brisbane each year looking for just that, but most head south to the obviously named 'Surfer's Paradise' on the Gold Coast and delight in the buzz that fills the area. But if crowds aren't your thing, then why not head north instead!

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Not only is it noticeably warmer north of Brisbane (which is a more than likely reason for this stretch of the coastline getting its rather apt name!) but there's also noticeably less surfers to waves which has to be good for everyone involved right!

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But it's not just that there's more waves and less surfers on the Sunshine Coast, the quality of the waves is pretty good too!

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Whether you want some puntable peaky air sections...

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...Or some mellow green room rides.

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There's more than enough of all of them...

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...To keep everyone happy!

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But if you need convincing, then just check out the locals themselves and they'll happily show you how good it can be!

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So now we've given you a quick viewing...

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...of the delights that lie in store...

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...it's time to go get packing And try this out some more!

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Nic Doran Words: stu gaston & Photos: Peter Perreaux

It's that time of year when the eyes of the surfng world look down under as the ASP Competition Calendar returns for its 2013 season kicking of in Australia. So we decided it was time for a special series of 'Hot Shots' profles looking at the talented young surfers coming up down under! So we begin with the Sunshine Coast's Nic Doran from Caloundra.

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Nic Doran

Age: 16 Years surfng: 11 years Where you live: Caloundra, Sunshine Coast Sponsors: Iron fst , Gas Fins, Beck Surfboards, Stomp Wax, Sin Eyewear, Hurigane and House of Marley Local break/s: Kings Beach & Mofat Beach Favourite surfer? Mick Fanning Favourite place to surf? Double Island Point Favourite surf movie? Josh Kerr, The Kerrazy Kronicles Favourite surf trick? Air reverse Favourite board? I love all my boards!

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Nic Doran

What got you into surfng?

My Mum and Dad got me into surfng when I was young.

When and how did you become sponsored?

I frst got sponsored at Byron Bay surfng there a day before a comp when I was 10.

What moment are you most proud of in your surfng career so far?

Most proud moment of my surfng career was getting to meet all the new people and getting all my sponsors.

Who in surfng inspires you most?

No one really, just surfng itself!

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Nic Doran

What do you prefer, free surfng or competitions and why?

Free surfng What song motivates you before a surf?

Sail by Awolnation When and where was your best surf session?

My best surf session ever would have had to be at Rainbow Point. It was 4-5ft perfect, hardly anyone out, clean and running for ages.

What's the worst wipeout of your life?

Worst wipeout was at Mofat Point when I got sucked over the falls and pushed to the bottom and my legrope got caught on the rocks and I couldn't get back up.

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Nic Doran

What do you do when you don't surf?

When there's no surf, I pretty much just skate.

Do you train as well as surf?

I do a bit of training but I skate around a lot so that's my ftness.

And if you didn't surf at all, what sport would you play?

If I didn't surf, I would skate everyday.

If you had unlimited money, what would you buy?

I would buy a house and out the front would be a perfect surf break!

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Nic Doran

What's the healthiest thing you ate today?

Well almost everyday I have a fruit smoothie – I love my fruit.

What's your most overused word?

Most overused word I use is probably shredded.

What's your goal for this year?

Just to get as far in surfng as I can and do as good as possible this year.

And what about the future?

Five or ten years I see myself surfng, still doesn't matter where I am I'll still be surfng!

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Surphang celebrates!

Words and photos: stu gaston

So it's been a busy twelve months, time really has seem to fown and yes we really have loved every minute of it. But of course we couldn't have done any of it without the guys who really fy – fy before the lens that is! So as SURPHANG celebrates its frst year, we pay tribute to all the surfers who have helped make it happen with a reminder of the twelve awesome cover shots from our frst twelve issues.

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SM Luis Eyre, Praia das Macas, Portugal.

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The frst issue really took of with Luis Eyre, 2011 UK Pro Junior Champion on the cover.

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SM Will Davey, San Juan, Lanzarote.

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Issue 2

The second issue saw 2011 Under 16 UK Pro Tour Champion, Will Davey point things in the right direction.

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SM Lewis Leadbetter, La Fitenia, Tenerife.

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Then for Issue Three, top Tenerife junior surfer, Lewis Leadbetter grabbed himself this cover shot!

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On the fourth issue was top Californian punter, Corey Colapinto.

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SM Bert Wright, Supertubos, Portugal.

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Out of the green room and onto the cover, Bert Wright scored the ffth cover.

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Under 16 World Champion, Kalani David launched onto the cover of Issue Six right after his successful victory!

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Top Euro shredder, Willy Aliotti stamped his mark on the seventh issue.

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Brazilian new kid on the block, Filipe Toledo few onto the frst new look cover of Issue Eight.

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Issue Nine was just in time to put 2012 ASP World Junior Champion, Jack Freestone where he belonged in that coveted cover spot!

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Coinciding with his competitive come back, Kolohe Andino got shacked for the tenth cover.

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SURPHANG's eleventh issue saw Ryan Callinan blow up.

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For the twelfth issue, Hawaiian Dylan Goodale gave a high fying performance to claim the frst cover of 2013!

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Filipe Toledo flying at Lacanau.

Photo: Stu Gaston

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Aaron Jessee kicking out some spray at Salt Creek.

Photo: Catherine Gregory

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Andrew Bodine having fun in Southern California.

Photo: Ronald Hons

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Ben Sowter punting.

Photo: Ben Howard

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Nic Doran soars over the Sunshine Coast.

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Jack Freestone setting the waves of Lacanau on fire!

Photo: Stu Gaston

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Aaron Jessee jumping high over Salt Creek's main peak.

Photo: Catherine Gregory

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Andrew Bodine about to enter the green room!

Photo: Ronald Hons

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Ben Sowter punts at Portreath.

Photo: Ben Howard

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The elusive Kolohe Andino in deep at Salt Creek!

Photo: Stu Gaston

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Nic Doran kicks out at Caloundra.

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Andrew Bodine Photo: Ronald Hons

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Fano Rakigjija flies into a South Californian sunset.

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Ben Sowter soaring above the lip of a wave.

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Catching a sneaky peak of Kolohe Andino at Salt Creek.

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Ryan Callinan kicking up some spray at Lacanau.

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Nic Doran taking it tail high.

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Ben Sowter grabbing a moment to himself.

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Kolohe Andino at Salt Creek.

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Dylan Goodale doing what he does best at T Street, California.

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Tristan Sullaway takes flight in a South Californian sunset.

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Harry Timson loving his time over in Lanzarote!

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Next Issue So to finish off our thirteenth issue we'd like to say simply a great big thank you for being a part of our first year on the virtual magazine stand of the world's surfing media. It's down to you our readers that we've made it through but not only that as we've also watched our ratings soar, giving SURPHANG MAGAZINE a veritable position on the global surf media map. All this coupled with the positive feedback we receive regularly has brought us to a great point ready to launch into whatever exciting challenges the second year of SURPHANG MAGAZINE may bring.

To set that off to a flying start, Issue Fourteen will see us jetsetting off around the Canary Islands where we caught up with UK Aerialist of the Year Harry Timson; spent some time with local lad and British Junior Squad member Will Davey; joined Spanish Under 16 Champion Alex Bauduin for a chat; and let Pro surfer James Woods tell us about his life on the road, from France to Fuerteventura!

Keep your eyes out for all that winging its way onto all the social media sites very soon!

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Thanks for reading the Thirteenth issue of

Surphang Magazine