Life and surf in Barcelona (I)
Surfing in Barcelona is not an oxymoron. As most dedicated surfers know well, the Mediterranean produces some great waves when all the elements come together.
Last Paddle Of The Year
What’s your plan for New Year’s Eve? Dinner at home and then hitting the pub? Camping under the stars with some friends? Welcoming the new year around a bonfire on a deserted beach?
Onwards to India
Our final fortnight in Portugal was a blur of surf, fishing, barbeques, bonfires, good company and good bottles of wine, all crowned by three days of modest drives through Spain via the medieval university town of Salamanca to stormy Bilbao to await passage home aboard ‘The Pride of Bilbao’.
Guillermo in Gijón
Drift blogger, Spanish castaway and fabulous photographer Guillermo Álvarez Pando has a selection of his work on display at Galería Mediadvanced in Gijón until 15 November. If you’re in the area, pop in and take a look.
Mundaka memories
Watching the Mundaka contest recently had me casting my mind back to my first sighting of that fabled sandbar way back in 1978.
Onwards to Galicia
Over a week and probably 1,000 miles have passed since my last rambling, time which has seen Spain, my first published piece in the Guardian and my birthday come and go. After Zarautz we swung by San Sebastian to find it was (pretty much) closed for winter; then we hoofed it across the top of Spain, speeding by Mundaka, Rodiles and other world-class waves as the drizzle descended, taking the swell with it.
Surf Film Festival Ciudad de Santander
Del 11 al 15 de noviembre, una vez mas, tendrá lugar la celebración del 04 Surf Film Festival Ciudad de Santander, organizado por el Ayuntamiento de Santander, con la colaboración de La Caixa, la imprenta Ter, El Diario Montañés, Onda Cero y este año con la colaboración de la revista norteamericana Surfer.
Zarautz working
Turquoise turned to jade green which merged with a deeper grey-blue sliding into seafoam green fragmenting into golden yellow, duck-egg blue and a cool fathomless green…
