starting the weekend...

Friday 5am left from where my family are stay now in Caminha, north of Portugal and border with Spain.Only Minho river separate both countries. 

Pic:Caminha,Portugal

Got in Coruña to check la Toxica.This nice left slab   (    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmYKWVZhPcY     ).     But swell was mixed and maybe a bit bigger.

As i broke almost 10 boards already in that place and wasn' t really square open barrels i decided to do a litle tour at the european pro jr at a close beach from where i was.20 min south,Razo beach.

Sw all my friends around..Richard Marsh, Nik Beven, Simon Young and had been with the judges in  a couple heats.

Before i left,i stoped by one of many beachbreaks  they have on that area and had  fun!Wedges left that i will be coming another day of shore, for sure! 

Pic :Coruña beachbreaks   shot by tripsurfgalice

long day at Coruña

woke up 5am yesterday...drove up north to Coruña trying to sneak on slab ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmYKWVZhPcY ), but swell was mixed and finished at jr european contest with all kids, Dog arsh, Nik Beven,..And judging one or 2 heats...good fun!!!

La toxica surf Galicia

2 boards and one sigle good one..well...

bye bye Ribeira d'ilhas surfcamp

we all will miss it!

Viana do Castelo high level surf seminary

This week during the cup of Portugal i had the pleasure to participate of a important seminary for the future of surf in north of Portugal.

They just build one of the biggest training structure for surf in the world at Cabedelo beach.

I was invite to talk about how important are the training for surfers(and after the seminary the play one of my videos at Irland if that crazy wipeout : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa9_C_qA3ZA).

And i said a lot about how often are the waves around this area getting swells from many diferents directions.

Many young kids listening too, and for sure, all that i said was more for than.Cause they are the future of this area and the ones in  a couples years moving surf forward. 

Pic left to right : Viana do Castelo president, surf trainer, mayor political local rep, Portugal federetion president, myself, Viana surf club vice-president.

Weird things happen in surf!

Pics: Cops killing a surf traditional Ericeira spot!

First time i went down to Ericeira was 1997.

Back on those days was a quite litle village.

Still not as much building as today and surf ,well, was all about surf.

Now imagine when surfer like Tiago Oliveira arrived there(and all his friends and local,Migueis,Nik,Zes...).

Long long time ago.Way before surf gives the money that gives in this days.

Money, looks like is always about money.

I don' t have another answer if there is not money.

Cause, how come a mayor of a surf city could do what he is doing with a symbol of a his own surf city?

Tiago Olieira yes, is a symbol of Ericeira.People knows him everywhere in the world.He is been talking about Ericeira way before the actually mayor and doing more good marketing for the city than even Portuguese surf star Tiago Pires.

The trophy he gets for this: many cops breaking his place to build new shops and another surfcamp?

Let ' s see who is the man name behind this when all will be ready in a couple months.

Who will have the balls to ruin a local legend and put his name in his place.

I , for sure, will be the first to say : this is the person or the company that kills all about surf!I mean: traditon!Culture!Friendship!

More pics :http://www.surftotal.com/pt/index.php/noticias/item/6908-começou-o-despejo-do-surf-camp-dribeira

Be strong Tiago, Luiz,..many other who lives form the camp today and will see as me who is the real bad namen behind this story!

R.I.P Makki Block

Legend in Peru.
Friend of all my friends there.
Hard to loose another surfer.
Feels like they all from my family!

this is music!!!

Met this guy long time ago with the European tour.He was the manager back in the time.

Ask about hin to his brother who works for Bilabong as me and how stoked i was fidn out he is doing this epic music!!Fells like surf!!!

Stoked Greg...Keep going buddy!

https://www.facebook.com/TheDedicatedNothingOfficial?v=app_178091127385&app_data=eyJjb250ZW50LmV2ZW50IjoiMTQ0MzMzNSJ9

new photographer on the block...

My friend from the tower lifequard just got his new stuff and will be around Arda not loosing waht she can give...

Chien errant funny storys

Met my surfclub surfing at Viana do Castelo.Didn`t know but they are my club in Galicia..funny..Nice peoples.Good vibes see and travel with the groms.got in their van and came to watch the Biarritz Womens pro..This is close friend Coco HO.third place finisher.great surfer, great family.they have the surf in the vain!

This was a Nike team dinner.i am with than cause after sleep with Joao de Sonis ( my old house up at Côte des basgues) , i was going to sleep at Betania and Philipe home.(and he works for Nike).

He told me such a funny story too.He was at Cers getting ready one injury, best place to do that around, even Ronaldo went there).

 One night he got another guy on the room, tipical Morrocan guy and soon as he got in the room he made one stick to smoke.he told hin: man, the nurses never knock the door.
After a coiple minutes the guy was still smoke one of than got inside and he put the stick on his pants.
She gave a litle shit and left.
His pants start to get fire and he was on tipical Morrocan speaking french : ¨mais putin, mon jooging fait chier¨
They got to go see the director and he ask Philipe if he smoke.Before his answer the guy said: Oh , il fumme memme pas celui la..
and you mister?
Moi, je ne fume pas dit tout moi et quand je fume, je fume dans mon coin..
After a couples days he was out, but berofe that one night Philipe was checking the waves outiside , cause the Cers is by Capbreton front beach view and the guy came to smoke one stick and close the thick door.
Booth stuck outside below 2 celcius, no one around.
Philipe went to call the up room with the guy sticking him with the belt and 30 m fall under him.
One broke guy saw him and thought he felt form the top room...hauhauahua

This is funny.Alex Laurel, friend and photographer invite me to dinner and wath ¨la prise bastille¨ fireworks.i came by bike cause http://www.hitchhikers.org ( not this one but i just check this one to goback home), was my way o get in France, so no car.

In my way back to Joao s house got the rain in my face..

Now i am in anglet trying to leave.

Just did one footing yesterday checking the only thing one married guy can do: see all this chicks on the beach on bikini..

How i will goback, don t know yet..

Irland wypeout

Whoohoo In Portuguese..

1,5 million homes for this sport channel..

Just found on youtube this amazing feature of what we human really come from.

Viana do Castelo surf.north of Portugal

I´ve been hang with my family at the step parents house.
We been doing this almost every summer.
Nice house by the tow of Caminha.
the view is Tecla montain on Spain and the border river Minho.
Calm place, with good sand beach banks and short crew of addict surfers.
Water is always cold, as Portugal does´t get the gulf stream as France....

http://waves.terra.com.br/surf/noticia/fronteira-desconhecida/53633

Waves.com.br from Arraial do Cabo

http://waves.terra.com.br/surf/fotos//coisas-do-velho-arraial/53492

Apnea

Friend of mine Saraiva, who lives at Niterói, the next big city after the bridge from Rio city and a dive lover, was here visiting Europe.

We came from Hossegor,France where he was at Patrick Beven´s house a common friend.

We did a couple long briefs to start and that change already my static time of apnea.And after that we did dynamic swim apnea..

finishing by static again..

Get a way better time , but more than that i feel way more comfortable under the water.

Surfing at Afife..

Snapback with new 6,1..

Not a beach in Europe, that i know gets more swell than here..just need a good sandbank..

Wife getting some footage..soon at youtube.com/rebrix

with Fabiano a friend that has a sick surfshop at Viana do Castelo, the big tow closer..

http://www.abcescoladesurf.com/

Uma, baby surf...sup time!

Old people checking my old knees working..

This chicks came by and went down the beach for a dance...

hahahah, not true..it s from ¨tigress do funk on youtbe,hahhahahha

6´1¨ Billabong surfboard at Afife.Eric Rebiere

Just came back from France where my shaper Rob Vaughan, gave me 3 new boards..this is the shorter one..

Surfeurope _ Mavericks

I like a lot this shot..not cause is Mavericks and i really don' t think i charged as i want there and even don' t think that what was a radical drop.
Was one of those to big for the guys waiting at the spot and i was coming back from my best wave i had there.
I like dthis shot cause my friend and the guy who i was staying with at his house is eating shit on the top of the wave..only can see his board.
And the other surfer looking at me is another firend who i met there and is a really good surfer there.
Alex Martins.
We all in a same photo!
Stoked!
Good friends!
Congrats Alex for the new baby and hurry Joao to have one, you getting old,auhauauauahauha

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