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Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman: Australian surfers' remains identified in Mexico

Mexican officials have confirmed that two bodies found in a bunt-out camper van in north-western Sinaloa state last month are those of Australian surfers Dean Lucas and Adam Coleman.

The two 33-year-olds were last seen alive on the night of 20 November in the town of Topolobampo.

They were planning to travel to the city of Guadalajara when they disappeared.

Mexican police have arrested three men in connection with their murder.

Police officials said the three confessed to killing the two surfers when they fought back during an attempted robbery.

Two more suspects are still at large.

Large swathes of Sinaloa are under the control of the drug cartel of the same name.

On Monday, Mexican surfers paid tribute to Mr Lucas and Mr Coleman, originally from Worcestershire, in the UK, by paddling out into the ocean and throwing flowers into the sea.

The president of Mexico's national surfing federation, Luis Skeen, said he hoped the ceremony would show the world that there was a different side to Mexico.

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Surfing champion Mick Fanning's brother Peter dies, aged 43

The brother of Australian surfing champion Mick Fanning had died, just hours before Fanning paddled out to compete for the world championship title at Pipeline in Hawaii.

Peter Fanning, 43, died in his sleep, according to Surfer Magazine, although no further details were available about the circumstances of his death.

Fanning was reportedly told of his brother's death before entering the water for the third round of the Pipe Masters at Hawaii.

Despite the tragic news, Fanning went on to win the third and fourth rounds of the event, on Hawaii's North Shore.

In an emotional interview after his heat four win against Kelly Slater and John John Florence, Fanning broke down as he said he was dealing with some "personal" issues, although he did not say what they were.

"It's been a huge day. Just got some personal stuff going on at home, and just yeah, it's sort of heavy to talk about right now," he said, his voice wavering.

Fanning then hugged the World Surf League commentator who was interviewing him, before leaving the podium.

Rip Curl, which sponsors Fanning, confirmed that Peter had passed away.

"This is a sad and unfortunate incident and is a private matter for the family to deal with," a Rip Curl spokesperson told the ABC.

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Jeff Crawford - slotted at Pipe 1975

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Re: Lucas and Coleman... IMO, much of Mexico is under control of drug lords and pretty much a war zone... and most of the police are corrupt. And this has been common knowledge for decades.

There are way too many much better places to visit and drop one's vacation dollar. Caveat emptor X 1000.



Time to change the subject... hearing about their murder grinds my gears.







Ran across this tonight... not sure what to think of it...

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Heads up guys, a big wave paddle in event called the Pe'ahi Challenge went down a while back.
Somehow I missed it from Az, but just came across a replay on the local surf channel.

It had some really solid swell and amazing rides going down. Air dropping in big waves.

I'm sure ther are some highlights to be found on line. Go find it if you like watching big wave surfing.

Happy New Years
Cheers Richard

In the early '70s, we used to drive down to Peahi (after our morning session @ Hookipa) just to sit and watch. We'd try to guess the wave size by how long the wave took to break. A couple friends paddled out one day (a feat in itself), and practically killed themselves. I lived only 3 miles down the coast, so I watched it a lot.

Fast forward 20 years, and the tow-in revolution changed everything. I really have to hand it to the paddle-in guys .. Peahi is terrifying from the water. Of course, these days they have rescue teams in place ..

Mikala Jones on a great Peahi wave:
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That wave is amazing... I am speechless

It is amazing, but I'm betting Kelly will be bored with it after a dozen rides. A big part of surfing is reacting and flowing with what the wave decides to throw at you.

I couldn't agree more. Half the allure is the changing conditions, variety of waves, etc. Kelly has board control mastered, nothing to be gained by training on a stable platform.

How is it made?

I was told there's an underwater track that something slides on ..

Watching the news last night and they're talking about potential "Huge waves, possibly 12'-15' ". They show a moving clip of a guy dropping in on an excellent overhead peak. Said it was Manhattan Beach, which is usually just walled close-outs on big waves, so I'm thinking sweet peaky swell.

Up at zero-dark-thirty this morning to head down. Too dark still to check surf cams on Surfline. What do I find?…100 guys in the parking lot and Victory at Sea blown-out mushy storm conditions. Not even worth getting wet for. :(

Maybe I would buy a ticket to play at one of Kelly's Wave surf parks.

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Setting it up at "Off the Wall"...........

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Simon has always been one of my favourites surfers from Oz......


Here's a very recent pic of Big Simon - still carving!

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My sister's fiancé is a surf photog. who's recently started w/video. Tried to embed, but not sure it worked...

Here's a link:
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Whooo, frightening. there is a huge amount of water doming down in those big waves.