All the above plus a fine touch of madness made last week’s Crick’s Noosa Festival of Surfing, presented by Jeep, perhaps the best ever.
And the 23-year-old festival has seen some beauties over the years.
“Last year we had great waves right up to finals day,” said festival director Phil Jarratt, “but we had to finish in pretty dribbly surf. This year it kept building all week and absolutely pumped on finals day. Back in 2010 we had a similarly substantial swell for the festival, but it rained all week. This time we were just blessed.”
The fine madness was provided by thousands filling every vantage point on the beach and rocks to watch the VetshopAustralia.com.au Surfing Dogs, the brave efforts of tyro surfers from around the world in the Mojo Surf Backpackers’ Challenge, and the crazy antics of “The Two Harries” in the Miss Moneypenny’s Tandem and the Little Humid Costume Surf.
In the serious surfing, Noosa’s Harrison Roach once again proved to be the man to beat, taking out the headline Vans Logger Pro, the Deus Womp Comp and the Jeep Waterman Challenge at Double Island Point. Other stand-out surfers over the week were former world longboard champion Taylor Jensen from California, Hawaii’s Honolua Blomfield and Sunshine Coasters Bowie Pollard and Mitch Surman.
Read Phil Jarratt’s exclusive coverage of the festival in your copy of Noosa Today or click on noosatoday.co/index.php/noosa-today-print-editions-sub
