Bodysurfing
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Bodysurfing is the sport of riding a wave without the assistance of any buoyant device such as a surfboard or bodyboard. Bodysurfers often equip themselves with a pair of swimfins that aid propulsion
Thomas VanMelum navigates a glassy right
Travis Overley bodysurfing at Banzai Pipeline. Shot by Rachel Newton
Tim Burnham rides the Wedge in Newport Beach, CA
Rikki Gilbey bodysurfing at Cape Solander, Sydney with a handplane and bodysurfing fins
John Wayne
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Marion Robert Morrison, known professionally as John Wayne, was an American actor. Nicknamed "Duke", he became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's
Bodysurfing
…in his shoulder while riding the surf near Balboa Pier in 1926; finished with organized sports, Morrison made his way to Hollywood and was renamed John Wayne). In 1931, Los Angeles bodysurfer Ron Drummond published The Art of Wave-Riding, a 26-page primer on bodysurfing basics, and the first book of any kind…
Wayne c. 1965
The house in Winterset, Iowa, where Wayne was born
Wayne with Marguerite Churchill in the widescreen The Big Trail (1930), his first role as a leading man
Wayne with Evalyn Knapp and Natalie Kingston in His Private Secretary (1933)