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Roger Vaughan and John Salvado

UNCOVERED: Heat win the wright way to open rip curl pro swansong - The Untold Story

Owen Wright has made a great start to his professional surfing swansong at the Rip Curl Pro. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

The Wright family had plenty to debrief after a day of vastly contrasting surfing fortunes at the Rip Curl Pro.

Older brother Owen is the centre of attention for this event and he made a dream start to his professional swansong, beating Brazil's Filipe Toledo on Thursday as the event got underway after a two-day delay.

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