Steaming Heats: The Competitive Origins of Freesurfing Iconoclast Ozzie Wright

Published Jan 12, 2025, 10:40 PM

Sun Bum's Signature Tinted Face Stick (The Zinc stick for surfers that doesn’t come off) Presents... Steaming Heats with Ozzie Wright

Did you know that most of our avant-garde freesurfing heroes were once just frothed out little comp bandits just like all the battlers grinding the Q today? So what made them choose a different path? Was it being hassled to death in 20 minute increments? Or was there something deeper calling them to a less controlled experience of surfing? We sat down with Australia's favourite free spirited alchemist Ozzie Wright to find out.