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Australia’s first world surfing champion, Bernard ‘Midget’ Farrelly, has died aged 71.
Farrelly won surfing’s first world championship in 1964 at Manly in front of more than 60,000 spectators, a year before he became the first Australian to win a major surfing title at the unofficial world championships in Makaha, Hawaii.
He then became a driving creator of the International Surfing Federation, which ensured the growth of the sport into the future.
He was inducted into the surfing walk of fame at California’s Huntington Beach in 2007.
Australia’s first world surfing champion Bernard 'Midget’ Farrelly has died aged 71. #9News https://t.co/ZuBL0UUpll
— Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) August 7, 2016
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