No, Eric’s not talking about Belharra or even La Gravière. No, he’s talking about mid-summer French holiday mayhem in the South West of France, like probably mid-August, when the beaches and line-ups are completely rammed. “Millions of beginner surfers, and what I mean by that is that it’s the other people in the water that scare me the most, possibly more so than all the above waves I’ve listed. An out-of-control 8-foot mini-mal has to be one of the most dangerous things in surfing, especially when you’ve got legions of beginners who have absolutely no clue as to what they’re doing…”