Europe
The Old Country. For centuries
explorers left the waters of Europe to discover new lands - but even
this close to home there are still many hidden secrets to be found for
those still willing to explore.
SANTOSHA
"It’s more than just an island. It is many islands, and it is this
island Earth on which we live. It is a state of mind, a state of being and a
land of forgotten dreams. An island bound by the spirit of the sea and living
within the spirit of man".Click HERE to read
on.
ARCTIC NORWAY
Standing at the waters edge,
I suspect that I’m right in saying that we all paused, just for
a second or so, to reflect briefly as too where exactly on the map we
now were. If ever there was a pause for thought with justification then
this was it, for finally we had made it to the frozen glacial valley
that seemed to mark the very end of the Earth and here we were, suited
up and about to go surfing, under dancing skies of red and green. Click
here to read on...
PORTUGAL
Mario the mecânico’s
time scale was not in sync with ours and three days grew into a further
two weeks, but finally, after a double strength morning coffee and our
daily trip to the phone box we heard the response we had been waiting
for, “The car is mended and perfectly this time”, before adding,
“Though I might have to charge you a little bit”....Click
here to read on...
ENGLAND
... throughout the winter a steady flow of painfully weak and sloppy
waves roll past the piers and flop down onto the pebbles of the beach
carrying with them, ever so slowly, surfers.. Click
here to read on:
ANDULICIA
Barbate has a dark secret...for it is here that one of the biggest issues
facing Europe today comes struggling up the beaches every morning and
forces every single European toexamine their values, morals and opinions...
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ITALY
"I may not look like a Libyan, but really all of the people of
the Mediterranean are the same, we've all come from the same place."
Emiliano Cataldi is a 26 year old surfer from Ostia, a coastal suburb
of Rome. He's a good surfer,
represented Italy in the last world amateurs and competed on the EPSA
circuit...Click here to read on:
SCOTLAND
Close to the cliffs of Cape Wrath is a mysterious beach pounded by Atlantic
anger, come on a day when the mists and drizzle are hiding colours and
contrasts and you might catch a glimpse of the bearded fisherman whose
ghostly form haunts these empty sands. No one knows who he is or why
he's here, it could be that he was led to a watery grave by the deadly
beauty of a mermaid. After all it was on this same beach just a hundred
years ago that Britain had its last recorded mermaid sighting..Click
here to read on
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