Randomly selected recent images from the surfing world

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Some recent images from the world of Surfing.

Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 14 January 2005: - - The following images are a collection of recent photos and events that have made the internatioanl news around the world from various locations:-

Sofia Mulanovich : Reuters/Mariana Bazo

Peruvian surfer Sofia Mulanovich (2nd L), the 2004 World Champion (WCT) accompanied by her parents (L), is awarded the sporting palms, the highest honor for Peruvian sportsmen and women by Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo (R), at the government Palace in Lima, January 12, 2005. Mulanovich was named the World Championship Tour (WCT) World Champion for 2004 after placing second at the Roxy Pro competition in Ali'i Beach Park on Oahu's North Shore in November. Mulanovich, 21-years-old, finished 2004 as the top female surfer in the world and also the first South American of either gender to capture a world surfing championship.

Sofia Mulanovich : Reuters/Mariana Bazo

Peruvian surfer Sofia Mulanovich (L), the 2004 World Champion (WCT), is awarded the sporting palms, the highest honor for Peruvian sportsmen and women by Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo (R), at the government Palace in Lima, January 12, 2005. Mulanovich was named the World Championship Tour (WCT) World Champion for 2004 after placing second at the Roxy Pro competition in Ali'i Beach Park on Oahu's North Shore in November. Mulanovich, 21-years-old, finished 2004 as the top female surfer in the world and also the first South American of either gender to capture a world surfing championship.

Santander January 9 2005 : Reuters/Victor Fraile

A surfer catches a wave at Santa Marinas island with the northern Spanish town of Santander as background January 9, 2005.

Golfers watching surfing at Maui : AP Photo/Matt York

Annika Sorenstam and her caddy watch surfers wait for waves from the 12th tee box during the Mercedes Championships Pro-Am Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, at the Plantation Course at Kapalua in Maui, Hawaii.

Mark Maxwell Sri Lanka : Yves Herman/Reuters

Martin Markwell, 38 from Porthcawl, South Wales, UK shows how high the water was when the tsunami hit in Hikkaduwa, south of Sri Lanka on December 31, 2004. Markwell was paddling on his surfboard on Sunday off the popular Hikkaduwa beach resort on Sri Lanka's palm-fringed southern coast when he was swept up by a tsunami wave and sent crashing over a white sand beach and into a hotel restaurant.

Sophia Mulanovich : Mariana Bazo /Reuters

Peruvian surfer Sofia Mulanovich, the 2004 WCT world champion, walks at her hometown beach of Punta Hermosa in Lima, December 23, 2004. Sofia Mulanovich has been named the tour world Champion for 2004 after placing second at the Roxy Pro competition in Ali'i Beach Park on Oahu's North Shore in Novewmber. Mulanovich, 21, will finish 2004 as the top female surfer in the world and also the first South American of either gender to capture a world surfing championship. She is also the first Peruvian athlete to ever win a national sports championship