Algarve
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Personally, I‘d rather fight than go right. This does nothing for me… just kidding! Photo: Poullenot
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The Superbank. Photo: Joli
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Those who Can, Canary. Photo: Villalba/WE
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Every possible combination of every caption, ever, has been written about the North Shore, hasn‘t it? Doesn‘t mean you don‘t need to go there six times. Photo: Ryan Foley
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Clint Kimmings backdoors ‘Bali‘s heaviest wave‘, sun rise side. Photo: Timo
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Naum tucks into the deep Caribbean blue. Photos: Alex Laurel
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Photo: Testemale
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Gony swoops. Photos: Ricardo Bravo
Algarve
LATITUDE: 37 deg N
WATER TEMP: 17 deg C winter
FLIGHT TIME/COST: 2 1⁄2 hours from London, return from £150
BUDGET: You can have a gay old time for about £300 week we reckon!
WAVES: 7
WEATHER: 8
CROWDS: 6
WOW-FACTOR: 5
You know the Algarve is good as it has ‘the’ in front of its name, meaning it keeps company with such esteemed venues as The French Riviera, The Hamptons and The North Shore!
It’s not the most pioneering surf trip ever undertaken, but might well be the
bestist! With two coasts (west and south) for different wind/swell options (small and clean go west, bigger and maybes more NW wind go south) you’re spoilt for choice. Accommodation ranges from surf camps to hippy camps to hotels to apartments, you will be doing a bit of driving but it will be worth it.
Home to wild shred dogs like Marlon Lipke and Alex Botelho, and temporary (winter) home to much of the surfing population of Germany, Holland, Sweden and the UK, The Algarve is also a great place to mingle… hell you might even get lucky!
Guichard snaps.
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