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A smiling bald man in a white t-shirt stands on a beach smiling, holding a bodyboard.

A man on a bodyboard surfing in the barrel section of a large wave.

A bodyboarder making a steep drop on a huge and powerful wave.

"We are trying to rebuild the bodyboarding platform for next generation."

A bodyboarder surfing a huge wave, which is curling over him.

Bodyboarder Mike Stewart gets tubed at Pipeline

"When the waves come through … imagine 10 swimming pools, more probably, standing up in front of you … the waves move very fast and they are very thick,"
he said.

A wave breaking at Pipeline.

"It's an amazing feeling you get … you take off and sit in these massive cylinders … you are literally screaming coming out of these barrels,"
he said.

"It's a very positive thing for the sport. I hope it sparks a bit more interest in bodyboarding in Australia,"
he said.

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