By Bry
It’s March and the year has definitely started, in terms of surfing and both the WCT and WQS. Although it is still early, and only one comp has gone down with regard to each tour, each point that each surfer earns from the very start counts for something. Basically, it’s impossible to get a whiff of who is going to come out on tops, but it is a good time to check out the year’s talents, the year’s wildcards, the potential winners and also, those who came on tour with on mission and one mission only.
The opening event of the WQS, the Roxy Women’s Pro Festival, was held in Aus at Philip Island in late Jan, and saw all this seasons ‘QS riders battle it out for a podium finish. The 6 star qualifying event lucked out with near perfect conditions, …
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By Bry
World Longboarding Champ and fellow California, Jen Smith took top honors at the recent Banana Boat Pro held in Noosa, Queensland, Australia. The Banana Boat Pro (a women’s only longboarding event) is one of many events at the Noosa Festival of Surfing, which has been running on Aus’s Sunshine Coast for well over a decade. Originally a plain old surf compo, the festival has taken shape over the years and is now proud host of a 7 day long surf expo, displaying surfing and the surf lifestyle as it is. As well as major surf industry brands, a selection of epic live music, give-aways and surf movie premiers we available to those who visited Noosa.
The Banana Boat Pro, was fortunate enough to be graced with decent swell and waves. The final day saw decent, clean 1m waves pull through, which provided …
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By Bry
1. Getting barreled – if you’ve experienced the green room, you’ll know what I am talking about, if not, then make it your next goal. It’s easy and not nearly and daunting as it seems. When you take off, try paddling in from a little deeper, so it looks like you might not make it. Stand and surf down the line towards the close out, which hopefully will throw instead of crumbling. Bend your knees, lower your centre of gravity and tuck into the barrel. When starting out, run your inside hand along the wave for stability and extra stoke. It looks cool in the pics too!
2. Road trips - in search of waves with a posse of equally stoked friends. Sometimes it doesn’t even matter if you don’t get waves; it’s just the trip and the stories …
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