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www.digitalwunderland.com Own Michael Spencer Taylor Filmed Ian riding his FireWire for the first time down at Trestles! Ian Cairns was one of a group of Australians who showed up in Hawaii in the 1970s, the epicenter of serious surfing, hell-bent on making surfing a professional sport by being more exciting, more brash, and simply surfing better than anyone else, including the Hawaiians, on their own turf. "It was a coup d'etat where Australia took over surfing," said Drew Kampion, former Surfer Magazine editor, in "Busting Down the Door," a movie about Cairns and his contemporaries. Their movement ignited a new wave of surfing popularity, but also hostility among the locals. Cairns, at home in big surf, went on a tear, winning the 1973 Smirnoff Pro over local hero Jeff Hakman, the 1975 Duke Kahanamoku Classic in 25 foot surf at Waimea Bay, calling his group the Bronzed Aussies, and writing inflammatory essays, including one titled, "Aloha is dead." He described the rock-star attitude and matching jump suits the Aussies took to a press conference, an attempt at satire that didn't translate well with the Hawaiians. When he returned to Hawaii in 1976, Cairns learned there was a contract out on his life, but he saw his dream waiting on the other side of a tough winter. He surfed with a baseball bat in his board bag on the beach, and a loaded shotgun in his car. He intended to us it on the next person that tried to jump him. "That's where my head was at." As a testament to his mental tenacity -- and the modest state of pro surfing -- Cairns was the world's highest earning pro surfer that year, amassing $8,000. Ultimately things with the Hawaiians were resolved, and in 1978 the IPS, the world's first professional surfing tour was born. Cairns placed second overall behind inaugural world champ and fellow Bronzed Aussie Peter Townend. www.xsgear.com