Drive Thru: Northern Beaches
As of this month I've been living on Sydney's Northern Beaches for six months. Therefore I'm in an excellent position to cast judgement on the region and its many famous waves.
As of this month I've been living on Sydney's Northern Beaches for six months. Therefore I'm in an excellent position to cast judgement on the region and its many famous waves.
NORTH NARRABEEN, New South Wales/Australia (Saturday, January 15, 2011) – Marc Lacomare (FRA), 20, marched to victory at the Billabong ASP World Junior Championships over American talent Nat Young (USA), 19, in a hard-fought chess match between the two goofy-footers in two-to-three foot surf at North Narrabeen to solidify Jack Freestone (AUS), 18, as the 2010 ASP World Junior Champion.
Except for an excellent Pipeline swell in November the first half of the 2010/11 Hawaiian season has been very underwhelming. So quiet has it been that the visiting pros only needed their step-up boards during the December contest season. In fact the only people that waxed their guns that month were the entrants and alternates of the Eddie Aikau Big Wave Invitational.