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SURFERTODAY.COM

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Luis M. Pinto - editor(at)surfertoday.com

Contributing Editors
Miguel Almeida
Miguel Magalhães
Ricardo Alves
 

ABOUT
SurferToday.com is an international surfing news center in daily contact with the surfing, kiteboarding, windsurfing and bodyboarding community: athletes, sport governing bodies, industry, corporate marketing and media divisions and environmental NGO's.

HISTORY
SurferToday.com was founded in Portugal, in December 2007, by Luis M. Pinto.

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Publish and deliver selected sports news to the international community of surfers, kiteboarders, windsurfers and bodyboarding, professional or non-professionals of the water sports industry.

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Lead the international surfing, kiteboarding, windsurfing and bodyboarding news through the transmission of the true sporting values of innovation, culture and mutual respect in competition.

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