Beau Young

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Beau Young
Personal information
Born (1974-08-28) 28 August 1974 (age 49)
Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
Surfing career
Years active1992 - 2004
Best yearRanked 1st - 2000 and 2003, ASP World Tour Ranking
SponsorsBear Surfboards
Major achievements2 times ASP World Longboard Champion
Surfing specifications
Shaper(s)Bear Surfboards
Website beauyounghandshaped.com

Beau Young is an Australian surfer, singer and songwriter.

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Early life

Beau was born 28 August 1974 in Grafton, New South Wales, the second youngest of four children of the 1960s and 1970s surfer Nat Young. [1] [2]

Surfing career

Following in his father's footsteps, his success as a professional surfer earned him the highest status in being crowned the ASP World Longboard Champion in 2000 and again in 2003, defeating Joel Tudor on both occasions in the final. In 1998, he finished second in the ASP World Tour. [3] He then retired from competition and pursued a successful music career. [1] His brother, Bryce Young, is also a professional longboarder and his sisters Nava and Naomi are also notable surfers. [4] [2]

Music career

In 2005, Young released his first album, Waves of Change, in Australia and Japan. [1] The album debuted at #13 on the independent charts in Australia, reaching #10 in the following weeks. His second album, One Step at a Time, was released in 2008. He has toured Japan four times, Italy, France, the U.S. and Spain. [5]

Filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ride the Wave", BBC Cornwall, 4 September 2007
  2. 1 2 Biography at Nat Young website
  3. ↑ Sports 123 Archived 3 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine
    - "Longboard Event Champions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Oxbow Riders Archived 31 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine Oxbow Riders
  5. ↑ "Home". beauyoung.net.
  6. ↑ Beau Young at IMDb


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