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Laid-back figure, one chilled surfer! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

netizen

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'surfer' is the definition.
(I have seen 'dedicated surfer' mean 'netizen' so perhaps 'surfer' could also mean 'netizen')

'laid-back figure one chilled' is the wordplay.
'laid back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'figure' becomes 'ten' (ten is a number or figure).
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'chilled' becomes 'zen' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'ten' reversed gives 'net'.
'net'+'i'+'zen'='NETIZEN'

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(Other definitions for netizen that I've seen before include "dedicated surfer" , "keen blogger?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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