Coast star on the rise in pro ranks

The stakes are high in the Australian Pro Junior ranks and this Tweed Coaster is right in that mix.

THE stakes are high in the Australian Pro Junior ranks and Tweed Coast’s Micah Margieson is right in that mix.

The 18-year-old is the son of Australian surfing legend, Brenden Margieson, one of the most powerful innovative Australian surfers of his time.

“Dad pushed me onto little waves at the (Currumbin) Alley when I was six,” he said.

He has learnt a lot from his Dad’s experiences.

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“He told me just to surf for the love of it and at the end of the day it’s all about having fun. That’s the reason I surf, as well as trying to entertain people,” he said.

Micah is a proud member of the Kingscliff Boardriders Club.

Micah Margieson is one the new emerging pro juniors from the Tweed Coast. Photo supplied

“It’s had a huge impact on myself as a person. Surfing heats with people I look up to as my longest friends in the club like Mitch James, Robbie Rickard and Rory McLachlan,” he said.

Micah loves surfing with his mates when the waves are pumping and surfing his local beachies, although his favourite wave is Keramas, Bali,

“Such a fun, fast right-hand reef break, so different to home but I guess that’s why I love it as we don’t get waves that are so perfect and near mechanical,” he said.

His favourite surfers include Dane Reynolds and Noa Deane.

“I love the way they go for the biggest airs and turns like no tomorrow. I really admire their surf edits online; it gets me pumped to go surf,” he said.

Son of a Surfing Legend Micah is following in his famous Dads footsteps wins Australian Junior title in 2018. Photo supplied.

He’s been riding Stacey Surfboards for the past six years and current shapes are 5’10 – 5’11 in the Black Bear model.

He travelled to Hawaii for the first time in February this year.” I’m hoping to be back there at the end of this year to gain some more experience,” he said.

His goal is to get the best results he can on the Australian Pro junior series and hopefully qualify for the WSL world junior championships.

Currently he is rated 24th on the Pro Junior rankings. His next event will be the Skull Candy Pro Junior at Lennox Head on July 14-17.

He has been filming lately around home and plans on releasing a surf edit in the next coming months.

Micah is a final Year 12 student at Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar school.

“I like art and business studies and have good teachers who have supported me a lot especially with the amount of travelling I do.”

His favourite genre of music is thrash metal. Bands like Metallica, Slayer, System of down and Sepultura.

His craziest experience was, “winning the Australian title last year with Dad on the beach that was pretty cool, that was a good day.”

Like most of his generation he is passionate about ocean conservation.

“The ocean is such a beautiful place for everyone. It’s good that a lot of people in our generation are implementing anti plastic practises. We are on the right track but have a long way to go but if we do it all together as one, it will make a hug impact.”

Micah’s plan for 2019 is to finish school, qualify for the WSL world junior’s, make a surf edit, travel and meet heaps of new people. His long-term goal is to one day qualify for the World Tour and win a world title