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Melissa Woods

World surf champion Toledo to take year off competition

Brazil's reigning surfing world champion Filipe Toledo is taking a one-year break from competition. (HANDOUT/WORLD SURF LEAGUE)

Brazil's reigning surfing world champion Filipe Toledo has announced he is taking a one-year mental health break from competition.

The 28-year-old, who won the World Surf League championship in 2022 and 2023, joins fellow big names in Australia's Stephanie Gilmore and Hawaiian Carissa Moore in taking the year off.

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