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Surfing’s elite are coming to Raglan. But I was there when a great slipped in to ride our waves

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The world’s best surfers will descend on Raglan in May for the World Surf League Championship Tour. Ex-local and former young person Luke McPake remembers the day he and his mates spotted a 90s legend riding the left-hand break. At the lookout above Indicators there’s five of us grommets and Dylan’s dad sitting in the car. The surf looks average. Average waves in Raglan are pretty good though. It’s somewhere around 1996, our grommie gang is aged…

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Surfing’s elite are coming to Raglan. But I was there when a great slipped in to ride our waves

The world’s best surfers will descend on Raglan in May for the World Surf League Championship Tour. Ex-local and former young person Luke McPake remembers the day he and his mates spotted a 90s legend riding the left-hand break. At the lookout above Indicators there’s five of us grommets and Dylan’s dad sitting in the car. The surf looks average. Average waves in Raglan are pretty good though. It’s somewhere around 1996, our grommie gang is aged…

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The Spinoff broke the news in New Zealand on Tuesday, February 3, 2026.
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