Merewether's Mark Richards recounts his first surfing world title win

By Damon Cronshaw
April 4 2021 - 5:30am
World Champion: Three unlikely scenarios had to happen in the final event of the world tour in 1979 for Mark Richards to win his first world title. Picture: Marina Neil
World Champion: Three unlikely scenarios had to happen in the final event of the world tour in 1979 for Mark Richards to win his first world title. Picture: Marina Neil

It was the impossible title.

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