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10% of surveyed Aussie surfers have injured someone else while surfing

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More than one in 10 Australian surfers say they have injured someone else while surfing, according to new research from UNSW’s Beach Safety Research Group that sheds light on an under-recognized risk in crowded surf breaks. The study, published today in the journal Injury Prevention, found that 93 out of 815 Australian surfers surveyed—or 11.4%—said they had injured another person in the water at some point while surfing.


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