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LAKE CONJOLA (Australia), Jan 17 ― White cinders, a few fins and melted board skins are all that remain of Australian surfer David Ford’s 260-strong collection of irreplaceable vintage surfboards. The hand-crafted boards, some dating back to the 1960s, were destroyed by bushfires that swept...

Australian surfer David Ford, 62, stands next to the remains of a surfboard, part of his vintage surfboard collection that was destroyed in the recent bushfires in Lake Conjola, Australia January 15, 2020. ― Reuters pic

“What I’m most gutted about is that history has been lost,” Ford, 62, told Reuters as he surveyed the debris. Ford’s property is in Lake Conjola, a small tourist town on Australia’s southeast coast with a renowned surf break. Australian surfer David Ford, 62, shows one of the few remaining surfboards of his vintage surfboard collection that was destroyed in the recent bushfires in Lake Conjola, Australia January 15, 2020. ― Reuters picIn towns along the southeast coast, beaches normally filled with tourists in the peak summer season were populated by just a handful of people. Several surf shop owners told Reuters business was significantly down.

 

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