Brought to you by Up! The Bank That's Got Young Aussie's Backs...Chas Smith is an ex-war correspondent writer and surf journalist from Oregon, California.

He has worked for Stab Magazine, Vice and many others, and now edits, Beach Grit. He has written three books, Welcome to Paradise, Now Go To Hell, Cocaine and Surfing, and Reports From Hell. 

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