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The surf world has descended upon Skeleton Bay. After four years of silence, the mythical sand-bottomed lefthander in Namibia has stirred to life, kicking off the inaugural Skeleton Bay Shootout recently with 45-second barrels. And the swell train keeps chugging, inciting hordes of tube hunters .
In June, a group of longtime surf media people held a contest at one of the most famous barrels in the world. Dubbed the Skeleton Bay Shootout, it delivered.