'Backs to the Wall' for surfing's cancer survivor Flores

Within months of stepping away from competition, Flores, the most successful male European in surfing history, was diagnosed with a brain tumour that turned his life upside down. He survived to tell the tale, after years of silence, in a new documentary "Dos au mur" ("Backs to the Wall") which premiered in Paris on Wednesday. "I told myself it was time to talk about it," he told AFP. "I needed to get it off my chest, to send a message to my children and others who might need it. This was clearly...