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Bernard Farrelly, 71, a pioneering Australian surfboarder who won the sport’s first world championship, in 1964, died Aug. 6 of stomach cancer.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 12, 2016

Bernard Farrelly, a pioneering Australian surfboarder who won the sport’s first world championship, in 1964, died on Saturday.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2016

His spinnaker ballooning firm and white, Sturrock caught a great, wind-driven wave under his stern and rode it like a surfboarder on a Pacific comber.

From Time Magazine Archive