After Narrabeen: The Game's Beginning To Develop What did the Rip Curl Narrabeen Classic tell us about what’s coming next? Photo: Dunbar/WSL Link copied to clipboard Narrabeen reinforced the basic fact that Australia is saving the 2021 Championship Tour. Not because Australian surfers are the best; right now, they self evidently aren’t. But nobody understands this sport like Australians. Brazilian fans are more passionate, sure. Californians have the best love-hate relationship with it. But understanding it at the core — the whys and wherefores, the intricacies of a heat, why the whole thing even exists— this is the province of the Australian fan base. It’s why the Australian WSL team worked so hard to get these four events up, and why they got all the Government help in the process.