I realised I have not posted for a while now. That is due to the terrible wifi here in Hossegor. Nowhere seems to do power and wifi together which is quite frustrating.
Day 4
I posted up until lunchtime. So after this I watched some of the quick pro which was great at la Grav. Saw a few heats and had a bodysurf to the south.
Day 5
Started in the morning leaving the Aire de Camping and heading down to les Estagnots. Surfed there- hit the bottom again...it was fairly solid like the day before with head high barrels. Yours truly had some wipeouts. After this I headed for Leclerc in Capbreton for my biggest pitstop depuis Nantes. Got some breakie and practical stuff in.
Headed back to la Grav, but the contest was off which sucked. Watched some of the groms comp but got bored quickly. On balance I decided to drive back to Capreton and check the junkyard (le Prevent), which normally handles bu,py conditions.
This was a solid decision- got a few fun waves followed by a convo with some Spanish guys and then some Ile De Re blokes. After this the contest was on call so I headed back to Hoss- turned out to be off but had a chat with Dan and watched some pros freesurf. Then headed to Les Estagnots for sundown ses.
This was pretty mellow surf, but fun way to end the day. Got back to the carpark to get out the camping gaz for dinner. Then came the mother of all Thunderstorms- truly spectacular. The windscreen was like a cinema, entertainment for those living feral like me. Ended up chatting to some Italians in the shelter while the rain poured. Eventually settled for the car rather than tent- wise move as it rained hard most the night and this morning too.
Day 4
I posted up until lunchtime. So after this I watched some of the quick pro which was great at la Grav. Saw a few heats and had a bodysurf to the south.
Day 5
Started in the morning leaving the Aire de Camping and heading down to les Estagnots. Surfed there- hit the bottom again...it was fairly solid like the day before with head high barrels. Yours truly had some wipeouts. After this I headed for Leclerc in Capbreton for my biggest pitstop depuis Nantes. Got some breakie and practical stuff in.
Headed back to la Grav, but the contest was off which sucked. Watched some of the groms comp but got bored quickly. On balance I decided to drive back to Capreton and check the junkyard (le Prevent), which normally handles bu,py conditions.
This was a solid decision- got a few fun waves followed by a convo with some Spanish guys and then some Ile De Re blokes. After this the contest was on call so I headed back to Hoss- turned out to be off but had a chat with Dan and watched some pros freesurf. Then headed to Les Estagnots for sundown ses.
This was pretty mellow surf, but fun way to end the day. Got back to the carpark to get out the camping gaz for dinner. Then came the mother of all Thunderstorms- truly spectacular. The windscreen was like a cinema, entertainment for those living feral like me. Ended up chatting to some Italians in the shelter while the rain poured. Eventually settled for the car rather than tent- wise move as it rained hard most the night and this morning too.
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