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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Jack Snape and Kieran Pender

Surfing sells: Tracks celebrates 600th issue with Stephanie Gilmore on its cover

Tracks Magazine celebrates issue 600 with Australia’s eight-time surfing world champion Stephanie Gilmore on the cover
Tracks Magazine celebrates issue 600 with Australia’s eight-time surfing world champion Stephanie Gilmore on the cover of what it calls ‘the surfers’ bible’. Photograph: Supplied by Tacks Magazine

The archived website of Australia’s surfing bible jars, with its banner of 10 years ago promising “news, blogs, video and girls”. In the girls sub-menu, there are links to something called “vixen”, “poster girls”, videos and someone called Miss Bintang.

That was wrong, Tracks magazine’s long-time editor admits. “There are great stories to tell in women’s surfing at the moment and as an editor, that’s exciting,” Luke Kennedy says.

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