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"\"&lt;p&gt;After a glorious 20+ years of surfing around the world on the &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/www.aspworldtour.com\\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;ASP&lt;\\/a&gt; World Championship Tour, Carlsbad, California&amp;#8217;s Taylor Knox called it quits at a raucous gathering behind Cafe Haleiwa on the North Shore of Oahu. The who\\u2019s who of the surf industry was on hand to send off one of surfing\\u2019s favorite sons. Kelly Slater gave a speech recalling Taylor\\u2019s infamous \\u201cboneheaded\\u201d decisions in heats, Mick Fanning shared a bunch of funny stories of their time on the World Tour, and fellow Carlsbad surfer Sal Masekela emceed the evening. And while it was called a \\u201cretirement\\u201d party, Taylor is far from done. Consider Taylor\\u2019s retirement a rebirth of sorts\\u2014those patented power carves that we\\u2019ve all grown to love ain\\u2019t going nowhere! According to the man himself, he\\u2019ll be filming for movie and video parts, surfing places he\\u2019s always wanted to go, competing in select events, and perhaps giving power surfing clinics to those in need (you reading that kids?).&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;For more on Taylor, &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/surf.transworld.net\\/1000155289\\/photos\\/twenty-years-on-tour-with-taylor-knox\\/\\\"&gt;go to his interview&lt;\\/a&gt; he did with us a few days before this all became official. Follow Taylor Knox at &lt;a href=\\\"http:\\/\\/instagram.com\\/taylor_knox\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\"&gt;instagram.com\\/taylor_knox&lt;\\/a&gt;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\\/p&gt;\\n\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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