The Box: WSL Pros (and a Few Locals) Score an Epic Free Surf Wednesday April 28, 2021 Staff
Of all the many waves that litter Western Australia’s coastline, a few really stand out. The Box is one of them. It stands out because it’s a wave that’ll take your head off just as easily as it will give you a ride you’ll never forget. Italo Ferreira can attest. It was just a few years ago that he managed to snag a wave there that blew everyone’s minds… and he did it without ever having surfed the place before. He’d never surfed there in a contest, in a free surf, not at any time at all. It was his very first wave, and it was insane.
Hotel Quarantine For Australian Tour Surfers
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Words by Jed Smith
With the Hawaiian leg of the rejigged 2021 World Tour coming to a premature end, most of Australia’s tour talent has returned home and begun their two-week stay in the hotel quarantine.
Julian Wilson is shacked up with filmer Jimmy Lees. Wade Carmichael is quarantining with filmer, Jess Little. Connor O’Leary is flying solo, though with the added luxury of an exercise bike arranged by Surfing Australia head coach Bede Durbidge.
Macy Callaghan and her partner/pro surfer, Sheldon Simkus, are sharing a room. So too, Bronte Macaulay and her father, former West Oz pro, Dave Macaulay. The pair have been passing the time with an inventive interpretation of indoor tennis across their beds.