Canadian wave rider ’surfs-in’ the Olympic torch

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Seventy-two-year-old Tofino-area surfer Ruth Sadler relayed the Olympic flame to West Coast pro surfer Raph Bruhwiler during a tricky torch turnover in Pacific Rim National Park on Vancouver Island Sunday.

Bruhwiler proceeded to catch a second wave and surf the flame into shore.

This was just one of many stops for the Olympic torch on it’s 106-day journey that will commence with the winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler in February.

Canadian surfer Pete Devries has won the O'Neill Cold Water Classic in Tofino, BC. Photo courtesy of O'Neill.

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