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.
The 20th Noosa Festival of Surfing looks set to be the biggest yet, with huge contingents of surfers coming from all over Australia and the world for the 9 days of pure stoke, which in 2011 includes several new events for teams and individuals, and the usual frantic nightlife agenda, which includes two killer nights of music and movies in the Noosa Woods, just two minutes walk from the contest site. For more info, visit www.noosafestivalofsurfing.com
NORTH NARRABEEN, New South Wales/Australia (Monday, January 10, 2011) – The Billabong ASP World Junior Championships switched back to men's action today and saw onshore two-to-four foot waves provide the perfect canvas for a high-performance showdown for the world's best under-21 talent in Round 2.
Filmmaker Jack McCoy has just released a trailer of his long-awaited new film, A Deeper Shade of Blue. Click here to view.
NORTH NARRABEEN, New South Wales/Australia (Sunday, January 9, 2011) – The Billabong ASP Women's World Junior Championships saw the globe's finest under-21 female talent tear through three rounds of competition today with defending event champion and North Narrabeen local Laura Enever (AUS), 19, leading the field into the Semifinals by earning the event's top scores.
