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Filipina/Australian longboard style-master reflects on the influx of surfers to her home island, and how she's giving back.

Siargao’s global reputation as the “surf capital of the Philippines” dates back to 1980, when surf photographer Tony Arruza and surfer Steve Jones visited the island in their quest for the ...