Margaret River, West Australia April 11th – 20th 2011 The second event on the 2011 IBA Grand Slam Tour will get underway in April at the infamous BOX in the Margaret River region of Western Australia. There was a point in time when The Box was once thought unrideable. Surfers would check Margaret River’s main break, occasionally casting a gaze north of the river mouth to catch a momentary glimpse of a thick, round barrel spitting into the channel. Too quick, too shallow, too dangerous; or so they thought. It’s another of those waves that was custom- built for performance bodyboarding. A right-hand reef where swells come out of deep water on to a short and shallow shelf, making the wave heave as wide as it is high. There’s a whole lot of ocean behind and the power is not to be underestimated. “ This event is going to be jaw dropping, Pipe was a great way to launch the tour but this will be the first event that IBA will showcase the new format so its going to be amazing to w...
