Drifting (2)

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Drifting

But not drifting away. Or at least not just yet. While I keep working on my new blog that will, eventually, replace this one in the future, I've managed to convince the nice people at Drift to let me post (in English) on their site. Here's a direct link to my first post. I hope you enjoy it.

While I was away – Monsoon

Sorry, I know I promised to keep you updated yesterday but it’s the week of the Surfilm Festibal and I’m still catching up work after the week away. But anyway, better late than never, here are the photos of what happened in the Bay while I was in Italy (last week) and in Barcelona visiting the family (last weekend). I’ve only picked up a couple of photos per day if that:

Monday: This is how the water was after the big rains of the weekend in Bilbao. Putosurf.

Tuesday: Almost flat but nice in Salinas. Clau.

Wednesday: Very small and crammed with bodyboarders outside the bay. Dani.

Thursday: Nice swell pretty much everywhere.
Salinas. Clau.

Sopelana. Surf30.

Zarautz. Artbrutmag.

Home. Kukurusta.

Friday: Crap at home...

...but epic somewhere outside the bay. Fiz_Bertels.

Saturday: Little local contests at La Espasa (Asturias) by Cezonillo.

While it was crap at home again.

Sunday: We currently have a full N situation into the armpit of the Bay. So that means on-shore winds, weak swells and plenty of rain at Home while the further West you go, you get less wind, less rain, cleaner swells and higher temperatures. As seen in this photo from outside the bay by Dani.


And yesterday, Monday, there were some nice waves in Salinas again. Stylemaster Chuck by Clau...

...while it was, once again, almost flat, on-shore and pissing here at home. I’ts been like this for a while now, and the forecast doesn’t look very exciting. Popular belief is that we are in for another fresher and wetter summer than usual.

Last minute: Today outside the bay, by Dani.

And that’s it. To top it off, here you have the flyer from the photo exhibition at the Soul shop in downtown San Sebastian. Shame on me... I haven’t checked it out yet, but I’ve been told that the opening (last Saturday) was quite a success.

Reading: Finished Drift. Not bad but the editorial content was a bit… drifty?

Books: Maxnemo, a blooger from Oeste has just released a self-edited photobook on Galicia (NW of Spain) that looks very cool. Check some pages here and buy it here.

Another fun (I hope) little story re. the Surfilm Festibal here.

Over & out.

These past few days in the Bay – not much

Yeah, well, I guess we can’t complain. We had an interesting swell over the weekend: on-shore for most of Saturday and off-shore but unsettled on Sunday. We obviously surfed in France to get most of it. Since then it’s been very small at home, and a little better across the border, especially at low tide. I made the trip to Anglet on Wednesday and had lots of fun. There’s a little swell supposed to arrive tomorrow. Let’s see…

Here are some photos from the past days (for Monday at Home see the previous post):

(Saturday am before the swell really picked up)

(Sunday am at Anglet according to Surf-Report)


(Chuck on the nose at Salinas on Monday; courtesy of Clau)


(Tuesday at home)


(Anglet on Wednesday evening)



(and again)


(Thursday at home. The right hand corner. After work crowd)



(same thing, but the other end of the beach)

Not many news either:

(1) We finally know who the members of the Jury of the Surfilm Festibal are… although we only have their faces, not their names. Check them out here.

(2) The O’Neill Mission (to get waves?) finally ended in (presumably) 3-4’ waves… -although apparently they only took pictures of the 2 footers- with Julian’s Wilson victory. Check here. It’s fun how although half of the competitors are sponsored by O’Neill in the last two years (I can’t remember the previous editions) it’s always been a Quik rider who’s won.

(3) I finally received the Drift magazine. I’m really looking forward to check it out. Looks… different. And in my book, different normally is good.

(4) Oh, and they had some very good waves in the Med, specially on Monday. Check it out here.

Over & out.