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South of the Rising Sun: Surfing in Japan(Comments Off)
“Where are you going,” the guy in the shop asked me as he pulled down the double padded board bag from the shelf, “Indo? Australia?” “Japan,” I replied. “Right … ” There it was again, that nod of the head and look of bemusement that me and my girlfriend and had become so used to [...]
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Up The Skeleton Coast: Surfing in Namibia, Part Three
We took a couple of diversions where we could find them to the beach, looking for a point as good as Cape Cross, but we found nothing but wind-rattled waves. A few places showed potential, but not that day. We did find an old bottle, with “1940″ stamped on the bottom. I thought it would [...]
Up the Skeleton Coast: Surfing in Namibia, Part Two
Back in the car and northward ever onwards, looking for the perfect combination of good waves and no one fishing. It seems weird to be somewhere where there is absolutely no chance of running across crowded surf, but still having to avoid crowds of fishermen instead. A few miles north of where we met the [...]
Surfing in Yemen
Yemen – the empty quarter. We were nearing the end of a two week exploration of the coast, looking for (and finding) epic waves in warm water. Now we were heading home. We went the long way, the interesting way, by crossing a corner of the Empty Quarter. Two jeeps, driving across the endless burning [...]