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The surf competition that wasn't fit for girls...until now

The waves can get up to 60 feet high and until now women haven't competed in the Titans of Mavericks surfing competition off the coast of CaliforniaOrganisers say they weren't excluded, but that none had been good enough to qualify. Now the authorities have made them create a female competition as a condition for getting their licence renewed - so is this equality in sport?

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