Surfing's 1st world champion passes away at 71
Surfing's first world champion Australia's Bernard Farrelly passed away at the age of 71 on Monday. Farrelly won surfing’s first world championship in 1964, before helping in the creation of the International Surfing Federation. After designing his first surfboard at the age of 14, Farrelly became a designer of short boards and later opened up his own business.