Best Sections of All-Time: Noa Deane in Cheese

I think it was 2011 when I first met Noa Deane in Bali during the World Junior Championships.

The event was mobile between Keramas and Canggu which normally isn’t too far if you hit it early to avoid the relentless traffic. If my memory serves me correct, Noa was there competing in the trails as a wildcard to get into the main event. He came close but didn’t make the cut. However the surfing I saw him doing on the side of the event at Canggu was stealing the show from the competition on the daily. I was secretly hoping the event would go back there each day so I can watch what Noa was doing on the side during the slow heats.

Noa was already beginning to carve out his own path in surfing that didn’t really have much to do with being a competitor himself, yet he was already influencing the competitive scene in his own way. It’s now been years since and Noa’s created many noteworthy sections to speak of, but this is a great starting point. Finish it off with his section in Cluster.