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Peter Townend (Bilinga, 30 maggio 1953) è un surfista australiano. Biografia. Padre di Tosh Townend, skater professionista, è considerato il primo campione del mondo di surf professionistico.
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Nacque nel 1914 a Rangoon, Birmania (oggi Yangon nel Myanmar), e studiò nella Hayleybury School. Si arruolò nella Royal Air Force nel 1933 e seguì il suo addestramento a Cranwell. Frequentò il Comando Addestrativo (Training Command) e fu pilota istruttore a RAF Montrose. Fu di stanza nella base di Tangmere nel 1937. Nel 1940, diventato Comandante d...
(EN) Earth My Friend, Coward-McCann, 1960, OCLC 1329573.(EN) Duel of Eagles. The Classic Pilot's Account of the Battle of Britain, Simon and Schuster, 1970, ISBN 0-671-20641-9, OCLC 119851.(EN) The Last Emperor. An intimate account of George VI and the fall of his empire, Simon and Schuster, 1976, ISBN 0-671-22328-3, OCLC 2284054.(EN) Time and chance. An autobiography, Methuen, 1978, ISBN 0-458-93710-X, OCLC 4307096.Una statua di Peter Townsend è stata eretta nella piazza a lui dedicata a King's Hill, un villaggio che si è sviluppato sull'area del vecchio aeroporto di West Malling inglobandone le costruzioni....
(EN) Ken Delve, Fighter Command 1936-1968. An Operational & Historical Record, Barnsley, Pen & Sword, 2007.(EN) John Lake, The Battle of Britain, Etobicoke (Ontario), Prospero Books, 2000, ISBN 1-55267-007-4.(EN) Peter Lewis, Squadron Histories. RFC, RNAS & RAF since 1912, London, Putnam & Company, 1968.Wikiquote contiene citazioni di o su Peter TownsendWikimedia Commons contiene immagini o altri file su Peter Townsend(EN) Opere di Peter Townsend, su Open Library, Internet Archive.(EN) Peter Townsend, su IMDb, IMDb.com.(EN) Peter Townsend, su Battle of Britain (archiviato dall'url originale il 30 aprile 2008).Townend, born in Coolangatta, Queensland (Australia), was considered to be one of the best surfers in the world throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Townend had an extensive résumé apart from surfing, including movie stuntman, contest organizer, writer, publisher, marketer, and coach to future champions.
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (/ ˈ t aʊ n z ən d /; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, second lead vocalist and principal songwriter of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s.
Just seven years after picking up a surfboard for the first time, PT was on the North Shore of Hawaii competing in 20-foot-plus performance of his life, landing a spot in the finals and successfully shaking a nasty reputation as a small wave only surfer.
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30 ago 2018 · Hawaiian organizers Fred Hemmings and Randy Rarick launched the International Surfing Professionals tour in October of that year, retroactively scoring nine events from earlier in the season, then running five events in Hawaii to come up with a 1976 world pro champion-Peter Townend.
