Entrevista Semanal

Interview to Mark McCarthy by Juan Pablo Portugal:

Name? Mark

Age? 26

Where are you from? Richards Bay ( South Africa)

Homebreak? Alkantstrand

Years in bodyboarding? 15

Any nickname? Boetie (it means brother in Afrikaans)

Main sponsors? Lizzard , Science, Factory 7

Favourite destination/wave? Australia ,Shark Island

Left or Right (on the wave)? Right

Favourite Manoeuvre? Invert 2 reverse airs

Music you like? All kind

Best surf trip till now? Chile 2009! Went 4 a month it was unreal.

Are you coming back to Peru this year? Yes cant miss it!! That beach break is amazing.

Any scary situation in the water? Seeing Botha going over the falls at Fronton (Canary Islands)

Tell us something we dont know about you: being a bodyboarder from south Africa is really not that easy! You have really got to want it! I have been paying my own way for the last 4 years but making it work.

Any last words? Thanks for the interview , can’t wait to come back to Peru this year! Support the companies that support bodyboarding!!