Just got this email - let me know if you want to get in touch with Zoe!
“Hey my name is Zoe and me and 2 friends are looking for an allround job at a surfcamp. We don’t mind where or what kind of work. We just really love the sea and ’surfing atmosfere’. We have spend the past 4 years on surftrips and beaches all over the world.
I hope someone can use a very enthusiastic staff member!
Kind regards,
Zoe x”
I’ve contacted about 20 different surf camp owners around the world who are members on Glissers, and asked them for their favorite longboard wave in their country. I’m adding all the waves to a specific page on Glissers - Best Longboard Waves in the World, which I think will be very useful for longboarders like myself. It’s not finished yet - so far only 2 listings - but will keep on adding as they come in.
I also have a secret plan to visit them all, of course…
We were about to go to the Lake District in the UK for the weekend. But then we realized that the forecast is for snow (!) and that the traffic would make the journey time close to 10 hours. One way…
So instead we’re now heading to Lanzarote for 3-4 days of windsurfing, surfing, tennis, tapas, wine, and book reading.
Nice!
I did a press release last week around home exchange feature on Glissers, and the response has been great. I’ve had articles written in a few publications, such as SurfersVillage, and people from all over the place adding their home to the site. I’m not surprised that surfers from Biarritz or New Zealand like the idea, but more interesting is the guys from for example Amsterdam and Israel (!).
I can see a few interesting trips coming up over the next year…
Time to get back to the roots!
I wrote earlier about the idea, and that we were building the feature. Now it’s done. There’s no homes there to swap yet, except my own, but I’m working on it.
Maybe something for glissers, one day…
I’m just back from a long-weekend in Algarve, Portugal. I went together with my girlfriend (who doesn’t surf unless the water is tropical…), so it wasn’t a surf trip . But I did get some surf everyday.
The first 2 days I surfed at Praia do Amado, a beach break just south of Carrapateira. Nothing special when I was there - probably because the swell was pretty small.
I was suprised how empty the line-up was though - on Saturday morning I had a decent wave all for myself, from 10 am to around noon.
On Sunday morning I called Rene at Atlantic Riders, one of the top rated camps on glissers. The surfcamp is located on the west coast of Algarve, with close access to tons of good breaks. He took me (and the rest of his guests) to a secret spot - a big, beautiful, and empty beach, with a gentle wave. We stayed there all day, and I even managed to convince my girlfriend to join us at the beach - it was that nice! I can’t tell you where it is though - Rene would hunt me down and kill me if I did.
We went to the same beach the day after. In the last day we drove to Amoreira , a bit further north. The morning surf was lame, but in the afternoon the swell picked-up, and period increased, and I had some brilliant waves.
All in all Algarve was better than I excepted. Great food and wine, pretty cheap, wild and beautiful nature, and tons of excellent longboardig waves. I’ll be back for sure, but next time I’ll stay with Atlantic Riders - those guys know the area and are chilled-out and friendly = recommended camp.
A friend of my told me about his plans to sail around the world a while back. I suggested that instead of “just” hitting standard destinations along the route, he should visit the best surf spots around the globe.
Westcoast of Europe (UK, France, Spain, Portugal), Morocco, Canary Islands, Cap Verde, Caribean, Panama, Costa Rica, Australia, NZ…All of them are along the route most sailers take, and full of world class surf spots.
The trip would probably take 2-3 years to do. And at least 2 years of preparations. But what a trip it would be!
I wonder if he can get back to Monday mornings in the office after such a trip.
This is what I’m using to drive to North Devon from London, together with my girlfriend. It’s 4.5h - 5 hours on the road, 350 km, mostly motorways. The car has an engine smaller than my old motorbike but it’s supringsly comfortable, quiet, and fun to drive. The only draw-back is that it’s pretty hard to carry a surf board on the roof… But I’m happy to rent, for now.
