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 | | Because for Wingnut, it all seems to be about fun, a happy-go-lucky aura that belies all the hard work and dedication he's logged creating--with virtually no help at all from the mainstream surf media--one of the most enviable surf lifestyles in the business. |
 | | Flushed with success, Wingnut, now 37, parlayed the exposure into the kind of existence most of us--even other pros--could only dream about: a sponsored, traveling surfer and professional international surf guide for very affluent clientele. |
 | | In 1997, shortly after his son Cameron was born, Wingnut was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, a degenerative disease of the nervous system that, among other things, affects one's balance and equilibrium. |
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