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TONIC | NEWS THE MAKING OF 50 YEARS OF SURFING IN QUEENSLAND THROUGH THE EYES OF THE ASAQ & SURFING QUEENSLAND BY JOHN CHARLTON To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the ASAQ and Surfing Queensland, the then CEO of Surfing Queensland, Scott Gillies approached me and said that he would like to make a documentary of the history of surfing in Queensland in general, but looking at it through the perspective of the ASAQ and Surfing Queensland. I tried to persuade him to try an easier option, but he was adamant and so the adventure began. I recruited producer Sky Kinnamont and cameraman/editor Dwayne Fetch to the cause and we decided that the best and only way to tell this amazin