Western Australia is paradise, don’t you know. It took an age for this competition to start. Five straight lay-days can certainly take the wind out of your sails.īut when it did we were ushered in with a familiar script, swell on tap, vineyards, great local foods, arresting nature – visually, spiritually, sexually even…Īnd don’t forget all manner of creatures trotting, swimming and swooping two-by-two through wide expansive landscapes. Eight hours of non-elimination surfing in big, wonky waves.