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Taranaki's surfing community, -the only region in New Zealand to have previously hosted the globe's elite surf competition, is stoked for its Raglan cousins who will hold a combined men's and women's World Surf League event in May.
The Women's Championship Tours stopped at Fitzroy Beach in New Plymouth between 2010 and 2013 sparking a surge of interest in the sport - particularly women's surfing.
Craig Williamson was event director for the Taranaki Surf Festival which included what was then the ASP Women's Dream Tour.
Reflecting on the groundbreaking event ahead of the World Surf League coming to Raglan, the Surfing Taranaki chief executive said the idea was to give a local favourite a leg up.
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