This winter, French longboarder Victoria Vergara ditched the neoprene and put in a stint down under, journeying through NSW before joining the rest of the world’s most care-free longboarders at Noosa on the sunshine coast.

During a short say in Bryon the twinkled toed goofy-foot picked up some new sleds and spent her days sliding seamlessly along perfect peelers at The Pass, with about as much grace as it’s possible to demonstrate on a large hunk of fibre glass. But don’t take our word for it, one need simple regardé: