Session Report: Somewhere Las Landas

By Simon Murphy:

The great thing about living in the Bay of Biscay is the diversity of waves in different conditions within 150 km s. Rivermouths, bombies, slabs, ledges, wedging and peaky beachies are all there for the taking if you are in the know. This day we left our homes in north Spain under dark, cold rain 2-3 ft crossshore slop to cross the border 2 hrs away to find offshore slabbing 4-5ft madness in France! Reminds me a lot of doing the drive from the Gold coast back home in Oz down the NSW north coast…however the change in conditions is not the only eyeopener! A completely different culture, language and geography as the mountains of spain give way to the sand dunes of Las Landes in France. One of the big ups to living in this part of the world! Joined by Rui and myself were some first-time groms (Xabi, Dani, Richi) who were stoked on the power of the sand-bar slabs which magnify all its energy due to an outside deep water trench. After 4 hrs of pits it was back in the car , across the border to the land of tapas and bull-runs. Hasta pronto Simon”