Category Archives: Europe
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Netflix brought us this moody, mostly black and white meditation on surfing by Patrick Trefz. Thread starts with a collaboration between Joel Tudor and photographer Michael Halsband and then sort of meanders from La Cote Basque to Africa, Hawaii and … Continue reading
Thurso Goes Off
The first day of the O’Neill Coldwater Classic, held at the famously fickle Thurso in far northern Scotland, got off to a good start in overhead and offshore conditions. The event is part of the WQS, World Qualifying Series for the … Continue reading
Surf Nazis Ride Again
Last week’s New Yorker had an excellent article by George Packer about Dresden and how history is revised. For those of you who haven’t read Slaughterhouse-Five, Dresden is a Medieval city in eastern Germany’s Elbe River valley, that was burned … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Feature, News, Review
Tagged dresden, hitler's surf trip, slaughterhouse five
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There Is No Planet B
As developing nations threaten to walk out of the climate talks in Copenhagen, street protesters seemed to be the only ones with a sense of urgency about the warming planet. An estimated 40,000 protesters took to the streets in Copenhagen, … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Europe, Feature, News
Tagged climate, copenhagen, Environment, protest
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Artificial Reef Breeds Localism
After a decade of planning and 14 months of construction, Boscombe Reef near Bournemouth on England’s south coast, opened for business last week. It is one of only a handful of reefs in the world that were intentionally created for … Continue reading
Posted in England, Environment, Europe, Feature, News
Tagged artificial reef, locals, surf
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Supertubes Switches on for ASP
After a rocky start, Day 9 of the RipCurl contest at Peniche, Portugal, turned up with the goods. The world’s top 44 surfers competed in barreling 3-meter waves at Supertubos today. Australians Mick Fanning and Joel Parkinson are numbers one … Continue reading
Mundaka on Lay Day
Slack surf at Mundaka, Spain has forced a layover day for the Billabong Pro contest. This is event number 8 of 10 on the 2009 ASP World Tour. The holding period for this contest is October 5 through the 17th. … Continue reading
The Severn Bore
August 6, 2009: the Gloucestershire news reports on a surfer who has chalked up 500 + rides on the Severn. There’s also a few tales of the Bore from alt.surfing: Newsgroups: alt.surfing Subject: Re: Severn bore record goes again Date: … Continue reading
Buying a Van in Europe
If you’re planning to do the grand European surfing tour, you’ll want to buy a van. Having your own transport means you can get to all those out-of-the-way spots not served by bus or train and owning a van means … Continue reading
CitySurfer's Journal: Summer and Fall 1999
July 1999 Thanks Al and Pete for cleaning up the apartment. I guess I owe you guys a dinner, at least. Just didn’t leave enough time to get it all done. London was cool. We had dinner in Brixton last … Continue reading