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How's that layback, Bryce Young? As the system hit the coast winds were up to 100km per hour. Photo: Georde Grigor//Need Essentials
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Bryce was on a uniquely crafted asym, while Laurie, shown here, relied on his trusted shortboard. Photo: Georde Grigor//Need Essentials
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Bryce is in there, somewhere. Some areas received over 350mm of rain and 135 flood warnings remain. Photo: Georde Grigor//Need Essentials
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Bryce with a text book bottom turn. The boys were forced to return home and bunker down as flood waters rose, affecting towns close to rivers and low lying areas. Photo: Georde Grigor//Need Essentials
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And Laurie Towner with a picturesque bottom turn of his own. Strong southerly and southwesterly winds made for ideal surf conditions before the storm got closer to land. Photo: Georde Grigor//Need Essentials
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Climate scientists expect such out-of-zone cyclones to become more frequent due to climate change. Bryce Young, working with what Mother Nature provided. Photo: Georde Grigor//Need Essentials
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As Cyclone Alfred slowly moved south it provided enough fetch to generate perfectly groomed swells for the north-facing point breaks. Laurie Towner knows what to do with conditions like that. Photo: Georde Grigor//Need Essentials
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Millions of cubic meters of sand were washed away between Coffs Harbor and the Sunshine Coast causing catastrophic erosion. Bryce, making an entrance before the storm made landfall. Photo: Georde Grigor//Need Essentials
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Laurie Towner on a keeper. Waves over 12 meters were recoded in QLD, which are the highest recorded in 40 years. Photo: Georde Grigor//Need Essentials
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A tropical low in the Coral Sea turned into a category one cyclone with large fetch, providing the perfect recipe for long-period swells. Just ask Laurie. Photo: Georde Grigor//Need Essentials
In the days before Cyclone Alfred ran into solid ground, it produced some of the most amazing waves Australia had seen in a long, long time. Kirra was insane, and surfers from Jack Robinson and Joel Parkinson to the everyday crowd, scored some of the best waves of their lives. Bryce Young and Laurie Towner didn’t miss out, either.
“Seizing the moment,” the Need Essentials team wrote, “Bryce Young and Laurie Towner headed north and scored some unforgettable waves.”
Young, as he is wont to do, was on a unique asymmetrical while Towner pulled out his trusty shortboard, and as you can see from these photos shot by Georde Grigor, they squeezed as much juice out of a juicy swell as they could.
