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DIETER VAN DER EYKEN – WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Western Australia (W.A.) is so much more than just wind and waves. Most Freestylers will take their winter trips to places like Brazil, South Africa or the Caribbean, where life is cheap, ‘luxury’ can be easily found at a good price with conditions and spots that are familiar to us.
Having long understood the significance and reach of these fetches, I started tracking the swell around the 3rd of January. Ireland, France, Portugal looked to be taking the direct hit from this menacing storm and those options all left me feeling cold chills and a generally low level of interest to fly into the eye of the storm.
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