Mick Short is an Australian who was forced to flee his native homeland under vicious persecution for being a ginger, or a ‘Ranga’ (Australian derivation...
Bude’s Reubyn Ash first surfed Indo a long time before he had pubes. And he still likes to visit! Indo safaris: 15-20 Indo time clocked: First went...
Sure, there was condoms, but you sense, that also at times, there wasn’t condoms.
Gabriel Medina @ Teahupoo by Timo. And yes, he got spat out. HOW’S MY SURFING? You know how delivery vans have a free phone number...
Vasco Ribeiro is a 17-year-old pro surfer from Lisbon, Portugal who has been turning heads around Europe since the ripe old age of 13 when...
Photo: Alex Laurel. The Prestige disaster was an oil spill off the coast of Galicia caused by the sinking of the single-hulled oil tanker ‘Prestige’ in...
Long, thin and coast-hugging, Portugal is physically at least, Europe’s premier surf nation, with the entirety of its coastline exposed to swell and a climate...
The Low Countries are Holland, and they are also Belgium. These are small countries that are not Germany, not France, but some kind of curious...
Nosh: Puffin, whale, lamb Litre unleaded 95: €1.58 Their hero: Leif Eriksson/Bjork Useful expression: “Hún gaf mér undir fótinn.” (she made a pass at me) Fact: Icelanders drink more...
The Kingdom of Spain is denied an appreciable west coast by its neighbour Portugal. Thus coastal Spain is either the north-facing Biscay coast in the...
Headed to France this September? You’re probably already here! Here’s SE’s rough guide to the Hexagon Qu’est ce que c’est? Located pretty much in the middle...
Franz Kafka was born in Prague, Bohemia, in 1883 and went on to become one of the most important writers of the 20th century. He...
“Man child, One John, J Flow, John, and many more names have been directed towards John John. At 19 John John is currently riding a...
The truth about surfing in Ireland is, well, anything you want it to be.
The first time I went to the Highlands, I was high. I’d just been away in Oz for a year and had come back and...
Deep. Deep like a skinny girl’s… Photo: Chauché. The Gulf of Capbreton is a 300km long meandering submarine valley, plunging to abyssal depths of 3km. Q....
Born in New Caledonia, raised in Reunion Island, groomed in France and now a citizen of the world, it seems Jeremy Flores’ surfing career is...
The Basque Country (Basque: Euskal Herria) is the home of the Basque people in the western Pyrenees spanning the border between France and Spain on...
Photo: Pete Frieden Duru on: The Nuke: I don’t know much about the pros and cons of nuclear energy, I am more worried about one of those...
Why I hate the Canary Islands, by Gordon Devonshire I resisted going to the Canaries for years. Many friends went, but it never interested me one little...
If you’re thinking of going on holibobs this autumn, and Bahrain is fully booked, why not try the UAE? Reubyn Ash liberates the derives in a...
A is for Atlantic, B is Bourez brah The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world’s ocean basins. With a total area of about 106,400,000...
Ted Grambeau’s recent assignment to the world’s favourite right point enjoyed the logistic ease of no teamriders. “The idea was simply to shoot a portrait...
By Ben Mondy Rattling along headlands and wrapping around promontories, pointbreaks provide the ultimate pleasure experience in surfing. Deep water channels provide an element of safety...
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