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Rio Waida might be one of the best surfers on the planet, but he still remembers the days when, paralyzed with fear, he would be coaxed onto a board by his parents and dragged out into the middle of the ocean.

Born into a surf-loving family on the Indonesian island of Bali – home to pristine waves and tropical waters – it was perhaps only a matter of time before Waida overcame his fears and fell for the sport.

“Somehow I started to love surfing – I don’t know why,” he tells CNN Sport.

It might, Waida says, have been when he got older and started surfing with his friends, or when he first won a competition and suddenly felt an urge  his craft in search of further victories.