Beau Young

Beau Young is an Australian surfer, singer and songwriter, born on 28 August 1974 in Grafton, New South Wales, the second youngest of four children of the surfer Nat Young. Following his father into the sport, he was crowned ASP World Longboard Champion in 2000 and again in 2003, beating Joel Tudor in the final both times, and in 1998 he finished second on the ASP World Tour. He then retired from competition for music. His first album, Waves of Change, came out in Australia and Japan in 2005, and his second, One Step at a Time, followed in 2008. He has toured Japan four times as well as Italy, France, the United States and Spain, and his brother Bryce and sisters Nava and Naomi are also notable surfers.