Vale Graham ‘Sid’ Cassidy (1947-2026)

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Screen-print style illustration of a vintage typewriter and red telephone on a folding beach table, with a wooden judging tower flying red and teal flags, a crowd of silhouettes, and storm clouds parting over the waves.Illustration

Graham “Sid” Cassidy, the Sydney newspaperman behind the 1974 Surfabout who later split pro surfing into the WQS and WCT as ASP boss, has died. Tracks marks it by rerunning Phil Jarratt’s 1977 profile of a guy who loved contests and worried about them, too.

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