In French "glisser" means to slip, slide and glide. Painter Pascal Jean Delorme captures that feeling in oil and watercolors. Check out his site, ArtandSports for original depictions of skiing, snowboarding and surfing. And, if you're in France this summer, visit Delorme's exhibition at Galerie de la Reine, 3 avenue de la Marne, Biarritz, France, which will be up until September 2005.
How's the surf in Italy? Click over to Sausset on the Beach to find out. This newly revamped site has news and links to the Mediterranean surf scene. The weather links are especially good.
Coldswell: Good design; great
info on surfing around Britain.
And if you're venturing across the Channel, have a look at Coldswell's
sister site, BeachWizard for
comprehensive reviews and pics of Euro breaks.
Devon local and globe-trotting boardrider, Jon Bowen has made LocalSurfer into a must-see for surfers in England's Southwest.
Fellow traveler, Stuart B. has produced videos, articles for various surf mags and a guidebook to surfing Portugal. Read all about it at OceanSurf. Check out the On The Road section for surf stories from all over the planet.
Cornwall's waterside guide Hey Bude! Don't be sad, surf. Actually no surf shots, but lots of good beta on the Cornish Coast.
Based in Amsterdam and California, Soldierboy specializes in board-sports fiction. Tony Garcia's thrillers are set in exotic locales like Morroco, Bali and Central America.
All things surfing can be found at the Magic Bus, England's only online surf museum.
This shop site is more about stuff -- VW camper vans and surf paraphernalia -- than waves, but like any good shop Croyde Bay is a center for local beta.
One currency; one big surf community. OK, maybe not, but Eurosurf has a good concept and a webcam pointed at the plage à Biarritz.
Bored with the same old waves? Ever try surfing up a river? The BoreRiders do it whenever tides allow.
Surf Europe has a flash mag about surfing on the Continent and a pretty good website, too.
Beastly, in'it? More reports from UK surfy scum:seabeast.co.uk
If you're traveling in Britain, the best maps you can get are made by the government's Ordnance Survey. Their website has zoomable, detailed maps of the Realm.
