2 Minute Read This story takes me back to the summer of 1998. I was 18 and had just left high school. I wanted to embark on my first ever surf trip to France without my parents. Tristan ‘Dooma’ Davies, a good mate of mine, accompanied me on the trip, which first of...
6-8 minute readTravelling comes with the “surfing package.” You will hardly ever meet a surfer, who is happy to stay put and surf the same waves day-in-day-out. Infact, almost all surfers I've met actually get into surfing because, knowingly or unknowingly, it gives...
6-8 Minute Read Someone once said, “Here comes the sun do, do, do. Here comes the sun, and I say, it's all right.” They were right about two things. First, that yes, the sun is coming / will come. And second, that it does indeed tend to make things alright. That’s...
In his feature film, The Drifter, Rob Machado famously reflects on the contrasting beauties of sunrises versus sunsets: “I never really understood why people gather to watch the sun disappear. There is so much more beauty in watching something arrive.” Although I...
“So you’re going to Forta, are you? Where are you going to stay?” “Uh, I’m not sure, a place that begins with ‘C’.” “Cotillo!” “Er, maybe…” “Or was it Corralejo?” “Yeah, that’s it!” “Well it’s not going to be that cheap then. You’ll need a car.” “Will I?” “Will I need...
