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Whitmore Protégés: Gavin Rudolph

Whitmore Protégés: Gavin Rudolph

by Miles Masterson | Feb 4, 2026 | Uncategorised

John Whitmore always wanted a South African to win an international surfing event. From the early 1960s, his ambition as the manager of the Springbok surfing team and president of the South African Surfrider’s Association (SASA) had been for the Springbok surfing team...

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