With the watches now officially set forward to summer time, summer is in the air and the waters around south-west France are warming with every coming swell, thoughts are turning towards the most exciting surf event of the European summer season.
A competitor for several years on the ASP tours, Amandine Sanchez, has decided to quit competing at a professional level and focus on a career as a coach for some of the best up-and-comers in the French team.
Two sisters Claire and Marie Claire have set up a new website for Hossegor, so if you need some info on the area check it out.
The Quiksilver Pro France is back for 2012, Errant Surf are offering holidays to surf, watch and party at the Quik Pro.
The contest starts next week and will be live on www.roxy.com.
Longboarder Candice O’Donnell hosts a Boardriders Week in Hossegor this summer.
Female style and athleticism on Europe’s best waves as women’s pro surf stars come to town for the Swatch Girls Pro.
The SWATCH GIRLS PRO France 2012 is ready to welcome some of the top-rated women surfers in the world to shores of Hossegor/Seignosse to contest the third edition of the event.
Booking a holiday after summer is a great way of avoiding post summer blues. The only downside to this is it can be daunting surfing in a foreign country when you don’t know where, when and how! This is where surf camps come in.
A surfing documentary which focuses on three surfing couples and how they incorporate surfing into their relationships. Filmed in Cornwall and France.
For the first time in the history of professional surfing, Roxy brings together the world’s best women surFers and the elite women longboarders at the Roxy Pro, 11-17th July in Biarritz.
For the seventh year Girlie Camps are arranging camps at the highly respected resort Laax. Laax has the Absolute Top Parks of Europe, hosting events like the Burton European Open and the British Open, with 3 different parks. This is the Mecca for park riding. These parks match Mammoth, Park City and others and have been featured in the Xbox game Amped several times.
There’s a bewildering array of snowy resorts out there for the keen snowboarder, but some will suit better than others. Is it the parties you’re looking for, or powder, or big fat ramps you can bust over all day long? Check out our favourites and hit up the search engines to get yourself a deal.
