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And now let's commence with the five minute recap of the men's event at J-Bay.

Start your watches now.

The 2018 Corona opened J-Bay.

Oh, my.

Occasionally, this happens for a WSL event where the grandest spectacle takes place in the periphery,

not the actual surfing itself.

Sometimes it's in a post-heed interview, a la Bobby Martinez in New York. Sometimes it's the cancellation of an event like the Margaret River event this year.

Or sometimes it's something completely unexpected, like Mick Fanning, Shark Encounter,

at this exact event two years ago.

Many of those events are spawned by nature.

Some of them are great for business like Mick's Shark Encounter,

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