SW France

With the beginning of the weekend the weather improved drastically and clean sets bombed the sandbars around here.
The contest hype is over and the lineups are quite mellow now.









Grom contest

Hossegor update

With a big low pressure system moving through the Atlantic Ocean towards Ireland big surf with temporarily strong onshore Winds dominated the last days here in Hossegor. The only surfable spots where in the Capbreton area - so the crowds in the line ups are easy to imagine. In spite of the forecasted strong onshores we had some decent surf in the morning hours with low and sometimes even offshore winds.
















Speed bump :-)

Chilling at Cafe de Paris

My daughter with one of her illustrious friends

They like the onshore wind

Blokes

Stuff

My favorite place/sight in the evening

Laid-back in Hossegor

Clean fun-surf and nice warm weather - to describe the last days here in Hossegor in few words. Every morning we can rely on clean offshore conditions with surf between 2 and 5 feet. Occasionally we meet some ASP pros who are hanging around here waiting for the Mundaka contest beginning soon. Due to the warm weather normally in the afternoon the Onshores kick in - so it's enough time to relax, go shopping, and check out the bars and restaurants. Yesterday was an exception - and we spent the early evening in the water in Anglet in clean conditions.


Seignosse:














Hossegor plaza:




Anglet:

Contest-fever in SW France - and the surf delivers

Hossegor is crowded with surf enthusiats while the pros are in town for the Quik Pro.
With a nice medium sized swell running the contest was placed on hold yesterday and the grommets attacked at the King of the Groms.
Believe it or not – most of you would be lucky if you could do turns like the groms. See some pics.










Comp Site Les Estangnots



Expression Session, Parko wins


The kids proud of their trophies


Wardo


Hossegor from Seignosse


Finish for today


After surf beer

Yesterday Quik pulled out their wallet for a big party in the Cafe de Paris – live band and the whole stuff. It was crowded with groupies – but unfortunately for them no pros in sight.

Summer Sessions

Some windy Summer Sessions went off in the last weeks.
Meantime my beloved Thinkpad went to hell - so it was difficult to update the blog.
See a compilation of some pics of the last sessions.



Stormy but fun



The kiters rip these days ...



... but it's a hell of work to gear up













ambiance






Evening gold

To kick off the fall season we check out Southwest France next week - visiting the CTs and hopefully charging some clean swells.

Expect frequent updates here.