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Tributes flow for Brothers Neilsen co-founder, surfing legend Rick Neilsen

Rick Neilsen was a semi-finalist at the 1971 Smirnoff Pro in Hawaii. (Supplied: Steve Wilkings)

Tributes are flowing for surfing icon and former Australian champion Rick Neilsen, who has died aged 74.

Neilsen was born on the Gold Coast in 1948 and went on, with his brothers, to form the Brothers Neilsen surf brand in 1971.

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