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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…

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…

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.

We’re adding new functionality to the site, so right now the site is down. Sorry about that.

I’ve added text ads to Glissers, mostly because I wanted to learn more about how Google Adsense works. It took me 20 minutes to include the code on the site - amazingly easy to do. Here’s how it looks.

Yes, it hurts to sell out, but I have to put bread on the table.

We’ve opened our own shop!

Go to Glissers Goodies and have a look.

My favorite is the cute little bear. That will be my default Christmas gift to friends and family

Glissers has started to collaborate with globalsurfari.com , a neat surf forecasting service based out of Australia. It’s run by Gary Brewer, a UK-surfer / web developer who moved to Australia for the surf (and for his Aussie girlfriend).

Local Glissers accommodations are listed right next to the surf forecast on globalsurfari.com. And on glissers.com we show thet surf forecast for most accommodations - see for example Atlantic Riders Surf Camp in Portugal . I’m very happy about this, think this is a cool way of providing more value for glissers members

The forecast for Saunton was simply too bad. I couldn’t justify driving 5 hours one-way for something that promised to be ruined by messy offshore winds. So I stayed home in London, and have spent the day learning about web development and SEO (and watching Federer crush Gasquet in Wimbledon). I’ve made some small changes on the design and the texts - if you spot them I’ll buy you a beer. I’m also trying to figure out how to end up higher in Google’s page rankings. To me most of this is new stuff is brand new, but I love learning about it. If I had to pick between “surfing” and “Internet”, it would be a very close call.

The idea behind www.glissers.com was born in Dakar, Senegal, while on a week-long surfing holiday at Ngor Surf Camp. Originally, we wanted to create a surf travel operator for Scandinavian surfers. But after spending a few hours googling, it was clear that there are already good alternatives for the Scandies, so we decided to try something else.

One of my favorite web sites is www.yelp.com, which lists user reviews of restaurants and bars etc in San Francisco. I love reading other peoples honest opinion about things they care about, and I’m pretty sure surfers would appreciate the same kind of information - reviews and tips on where to stay while on a surfing trip.

Let’s see if the idea was good or bad - we’ve just started a long journey