Reading maps

Had one french surfer asking me on the facebook where i check the forecast.
Think we all have a favourite web to have a quick look.
I check a lot http://www.windguru.cz/int/index.php?sc=75856&sty=m_menu.

Will get by ex Nazare.
First of all you need to learn and have your on knowledge about the spots you know and like it.
I have in my mind a bunch of them , everywhere in the world.
I like to analyze by myself, but if you don' t feel confident to it, check good webs.
webs who do have expert on it.
Like surf line.com
magicseaweed.com
Surfsession.com
Surfportugal.pt
waves.com.br

Back to my own thing , i already had checked wind guru map.I saw a little wind on the wind next saturday and big swell.
So now i go to US navy web, cause they do have a satellite and not any of the others webs.

this pay can provide you swell,period,winds,isobar,...everything.
If you not want to go to far, just do a double check if windguru is right, go to sign wave heights and over the sea winds , Swell wave heights ,swell wave period..

https://www.fnmoc.navy.mil/wxmap_cgi/cgi-bin/wxmap_DOD_area.cgi?
area=fnmoc_europe2&set=All

I can even go on more details if i really see a big session approaching , checking the wind speeds when start there storm, the local countries webs for rain, like meteofrance or meteoGalicia..
Guys like Francois Liets are guys that i had learn a lot or even my ex partenaire on tow in Ben Sanchis.

Madeira

I only had been in Madeira once.
At the clip bellow that finish with one of my best barrel ever in my life at Quemao, Lanzarote.






Just saw this forecast for this week and i am a bit on bad mood right now.

Here, stuck in Tenerife south. Doing my surfer teacher diploma and thinking about open my own surf school(might be in Galicia, as my children's is living there), and can't go for this amazing week of great surf there.
Men get do what a men get do...

Filipe Toledo

Met this kid last summer during the Quick pro France.

Did not really knew him before.

He is from a different generation of me.

I did meet his dad and is the one i first say hello when i came through.we used to compete when i was  a kid , back in Brazil.

http://www.aspworldtour.com/events/2014/mqs/1062/oneill-sp-prime/heatanalyzer

Slabs adiction

There is many place in Europe that we can ride big barrels.
Might say Ireland are the most perfect big ones.
Galicia has an undiscovered coast to it.We still finding places..
But Australia is for sure the one place in the world for slab .
Oz guys charge crazy!
Have a cousin living there i would be really keen to spend some month and surf all over.

safety by Surfline

First thing i though when i saw this post from surf line was.
I will lear something.
And i did.
I though only the breast pressing massage was using this days.
But there is doctors the still saying the best is a straight 5 breath on a unconscious person.
Second, go do a course pratical.
Is never the same when you just read.




http://www.surfline.com/surf-news/surf-survival-water-rescue_119804/

photo by To mane

Knee injury update

Knee is way better.Just did one RIM and i did not touched ligaments or bones.The left is a trickI was petty much happy to make the drop and pull in.

But it closed out on my knee.

Paco and rest of the locals bodyboarders helped me out to leave the water.

I am now in Tenerife for a Federal Spanish diploma and had surf for the first time today.

Feeling confident to be back on big waves soon.

the slab.Lanzarote.

http://waves.terra.com.br/waves/galeria/de/fotos/tubos/de/lanzarote

waves.Ireland

http://waves.terra.com.br/waves/big/waves/gigantes/da/irlanda

The left slab.Lanzarote

Couples fun days at the left with bunch .

Franito

Goma

JMC

MarkitoRebiereRebiere

paddle out Rebiere

Rebiere

Yeray

Photos : Tiago/ Sao Juiao locals

Mullaghmore,Ireland season 14/15

I`ve been coming to Ireland for a couples years now.This last time, was not really in my plans.

When i saw the swell, first call was Azores with the edp crew , but maps showed swell there was downgrading and i start to organize with Seb Steudtner to surf in Nazare.

My new co-sponsor Clandestino surf adventures was keen to go there sending Gines diaz to film too.

I end up in Ireland cause good friend and top ASP Surfer.Myself, sneaking one nice one.

Michel Bourez.

Jaime here driving the second jet with camera man

I had drive most of the time, putting Michel on waves and rescue, as they did paddle following local legend Fergal Smith, who open the line up.

With lots of expireince on big barrels, Michel felt like home in Tahiti, but with wetsuit.

Justine Dupon

Michel

Nixon chalenge coverage

All mags all over Europe.

Days in Portugal and Surfportugal coverage

Just got back from Ericeira, where i did surf a lot at São Julião with all my bros.

Surfportugal article from João de Macedo big wave surfer and writer.Make sure you buy and read it.

Ribiera surfcamp lounge with my boards and Nazare shot from To mané.

Nick and myself stoked

gave surf experience to this groupe of girls from Madrid and "El capitan"

Surfportugal spread on local's hand Diko Pires.

Maria wearing her leg on the wetsuit arm..

Radical surf mag photographer

Series _ Eric Rebiere. El Quemao. Lanzarote. De los mejores tuberiders del planeta, mostrando su destreza en sus largas estancia en su isla predilecta. Recuerdo aquellos años, principio de los 90, como un joven atrevido solo deseaba estar en este spot. Muy buena gente el incansable Rebrix. Sabio en su lectura de cuando y como entrar por detrás en días muy comprometidos. Aloha!. www.radicalsurfmagazine.comwww.josevglezvisions.com