Global Surf Adventures
SURF HOLIDAYS TO FRANCE & SOUTH AFRICA
Offshores at last!!!
Aug 30th
Hope all you Newquay surfers are getting as excited as we are,…the best swell of the summer is heading our way! Get your sticks waxed and your arms well toned for some serious paddling and some amazing days! End of the week is looking particularly good with head-high surf predicted!!! The wave period is going to be looong and the winds are going to be offshore = great surfing days to come! We have waited long enough (seems like forever!) for this!!
Pedal Power
Aug 29th
Cycling is the best and cheapest way to get aruond the area in South West France on our France Surf Holiday. You can hire a bike with helmet and bike lock near our campsite for a day or the week.
The roads are very safe to bike on and there are some lovely cycle paths around the woods behind the campsite. You can easily get to Hossegor by bike and of course, home again, but be careful if cycling after drinking! Of course we don’t recommend you cycle if you are under the influence!
Cycling is a great way to keep fit and helps your surfing; cycling strengthens your legs and excercises your lungs as well as your core. So get on your bike, and get fit out of the water as well as in it!
Fun in France
Aug 26th
Check out Kelly Slater on one of the bigger days in 2007! Don’t worry we won’t be surfing in waves this big!
It’s not long now till we head off to South West France for our France Surf Holiday, for hopefully some better weather and surf than we’ve had here! Cornwall has been disappoining to say the least! We’ve had a partcularly bad run of strong on-shore winds and a lack of any groundswell. The best we’ve had has been around 9 seconds wave period and a couple of foot wave height.
South West France will be better as they have much better (warmer) air and sea temperatures and will be getting better waves due to it’s positioning in the Bay of Biscay.
To join us from as little as £342 for a week of camping and surfing, see our France page for details.
Hold on to your stick!
Aug 24th
Well here’s some advice for all you surfers out there. If the surf is a bit heavy, and you are a bit tired, don’t bail your board! Both Dan and I have broken our boards this way! It’s an expensive habit!
But seriously, if you are trying to get out back and you can’t navigate your board over or under the waves, then if you must bail it just once, make sure there is no one around or behind you that could be hurt. DON’T EVER bail it if there is anyone who could be hurt by your board. You shouldn’t bail in any case as even if there is no one around, your leash might snap and your treasured stick could get washed up on the nearby rocks as you flap about paddling to shore, ending your surfing for that session at the very least! Your board will be dinged up something rotten and your pride even worse off!
So instead, hold on to it for dear life, and take the wave in the face like the hardcore surfer that you are! If you think you cannot stay on the board, come off and hold the nose tightly under your arm and face the oncoming wave. Keep your body low in the water with your legs down, and the wave should wash over you.
If you are bailing your board on more than one occasion you have to ask yourself if you should be out in the surf! Perhaps the waves are too big for you, or you have got tired, or your don’t have the right technique. Really if you are on your short board you should be duck-diving instead. This is a skill which takes time to master, and only experienced surfers like Adam Griffiths can duck-dive a long board. But surfing is one long learning curve, and if you want to learn how to duck dive and therefore get out to the line-up quickly, some of the folowing will help; get a lesson from a pro, read about it on surf guides on-line, watch some footage of the correct technique, and practise till you get it. Always remember though to enjoy your self on the way, that’s the point of surfing – to have fun in the sea!
