Quemao contest

Had a really cool weekend.

Got to Lanzarote and the worst peoples ever rent my place left my house.

Staied 2 days cleaning and make this giant trash with all this durty things from them.

After the first day, kids were going to surf Las Bajas, one outer reef that i surf long time ago and  i was really happy to see such a big crew of kids going for it.

I used a to short board and i knew i will eat a set on my head.

Saw, tried to get as much waves as i could before that happen, and after got the big one i expected on my had and a long hold down(long time did not have one and make you feel really good).

before left the water went to ask one kid who lost his board , Josh Braddok, if he wants to have my board and i swinming back, but he said no and i feel like happy, cause first thing on big waves is put your ass back on the beach by your own.

Contest star on a epic day.And could finish too, cause after the stop, of the first day, tide went lower and was just like Pipeline.

Got one of my worst wipeoute there ever(Radicalsurfmag will published soon).

Next day waves drop and some heats were off shore and some on shore.

Jose Maria won, I got second, Jhonatan Gonzales(with his single clean style), got third and Manuel Lescano(my favorite there nowadays9, got fourth.

http://waves.terra.com.br/waves/competicao/profissional/rebiere-manda-bem

Monsters and beauties

Left home really early with s 9,6 and a tow board. 

Add my Billabong V1 wetsuit , water, fruits and pass by Bastiagueiro beach to pick up 3 friends that wanted to go on a mission.

Tripsurfgalicia owner , Rémi, was talking about this waves for a while and from no where, one guy from my facebook sent pics from the same area that I was suppose to go check.

Swell was a huge 27 feet 18 sec day.

Giant one. I knew the chance to see a proper wave wasn't that big. Winds were a bit north and all north of Galice needs a bit south( with the all time west in the middle).

We got there and was a nice beach break bay, with this big right breaking outside and some white water on the back massing out the long distance view.

Ask the local bar how to check beyond that area and after they gave India they laughs as any one when hear we looking for big waves.

From the top of the clif I saw this mutant wave taking some seconds to the lip hit the bottom.

I knew was really big and straight I felt alone. Wish Billabong adventure Crew was there. Or my friends seb, Tom, Andrew, Silvio,... All those guys that control the situation.

Checked another right breaking about 15 feet sets but decided to check this other spot first, cause was between this take of right or get some barrels,

Always like the barrel way. Next time I try to surf both.

Realise i did not have a small baord, only the big gun and the tow board and my friend left me a old 6,8 for the session.Thanks to him cause he did not surf for let me surf!

Legend!!!

The left was a beautiful set up. With little harbor, island , clean off shore ocean and a bunch of surfers that was all smiles.

Had a fun session and came back home happy to my family arms.

Thanks Ledicia for the pics.

Best waves ever saw in Iceland.

went to this place with Nixon couples years ago for the Nixon surf challenge.

Amazing time.

We had some waves and was fun.

Now isaw this crazy barrels from there and tripped!!

Wished go back to surf it!

Nic von Rupp

Really good first episode from this this kid.
One City | My Road Series Vol.I from Nic von Rupp on Vimeo.

Coverage Zahara de los Atunes

We did this little trip back on a day that NAzare was pumping and in the end i am happy on work side with all the coverage on medias.
google it : Zahara de los atunes  Eric Rebiere for more

Ferrol sunny day

 The day before this day of surfing I was with my kids at Coruña down town on full carnaval mode.
 We had the company of more kids and their mother that day and the father both 2 days before.
 3 days carnaval mission.
When I woke up and saw this sunny day and good forecast for Ferrol. With off shore north east/ east winds, make my choice Togo for a session.
Well know for most of the surfers in the world as a stop of the tour, the Patin classic WQS contest.
With big names on past winner, like world champ Joel Parkinson. I even had the taste to win myself this stop.
What surfers don't know are all the perfect surround beach breaks. With swells and winds hitting on all directions.

 Met my friends at Doniños legendary Ferrol beach .
 Waves were firing with a solid 8 feet plus on a long right.
 They said to wait for high tide and shore breaks barrels. After I had checked the sand later I told than next time we put the pwc in the water and go do some step off. I did a great little nap at tripsurfgalicia surf house .  On a perfect net place at the sun outside.
 Really need to write this, just to everyone who is not living in Galicia , make sure understand how important a sunny day is during the winter here,Normally rains and storms pact here is constantly.
 We did found this fun beach break. Session was great!!
 French body boarders Geoff , who spent a month or plus here was all smiling like me. Surfing and enjoying the sun.

Cabo Verde

Never had the chance to surf this summer swells that drives all the way from south atlantic up north.
Was in contact with the surfcamp where the video is from and was really keen to go.
But never really could and last summer was a really dificult for me , cause i had many personal relationship problems.
Here is 3 friends enjoying the best of it.
Sancho ask me the contact to go couple days before and i am really keen to go back there next summer!



Dirty Wax and Borrowed Boards from Alex Laurel Photographie on Vimeo.

Zahara de los Atunes . Cadiz. Spain

Alex Botelho

Jon, Clandestino surf Adventure

Leny Perdomo

Caños de Meca

Botelho

Botelho

Botelho

Perdomo

Rebiere

Zahara de los Atunes is a lovely little village almost on Gibraltar strait .
You can surf checking the Africa coast on the back. Showing how small the strait is.
This trip was a long journey for me.
I was suppose to go down to surf nazare and last minute my sponsor from Zahara , Clandestino surf adventure invite me to try this swell there.
And in my side I invited my close friend Alex Botelho.
Sure, if Nazare was a proper paddling wave, we will never miss a swell for go somewhere.
But the true is , I was confident to see some big waves option.
We did see some potential outer reefs and some really attractive slabs.
But most was touched by the strong east wind that wasn't suppose to be.
We had some fun first on this beach call Cañones de Meca and after on Zahara beach.
The cool thing on Zaharra was this Germany second war bunker really close to the peak take off that made me dream if how crazy could be staying inside checking possible enemy's attack.

Hope go back on a proper slab off shore day.

Rebiere at Zahara,

Rebiere at Caños de Meca

Rebiere

Rebiere

Rebiere Caños de Meca

Ricardo dos Santos video from friends

RICARDO DOS SANTOS ''ANJO DA GUARDA'' / ''GUARDIAN ANGEL'' ( WITH SUBTITLES ) from brunozanin on Vimeo.

Hawaii

I was really keen to go for this selle.
Last minute the mother of my kids ask help and i need to stay with them both.
Hope will be another push and i could make it.

Ricardo dos Santos ¨ricardinho¨

Years ago I arrived at Gran Canaria to do the last few contest of the European tour.
When I went out the airport with my boards, some friend should pick me up.
I had a place in a island of janzarote, 30 min on small plane flight and those contest were always a good time.
Good waves and some importantly points to finish with a nice euro tittle in the bag.
Or not.
After many years close for only Europeans, the old ASP opened( we all agree to open, increase the level wa the objective that really make a difference with a bunch of Europeans qualifying, but after done years that all euros had some good levels and could fight between each other and all generations of surfers, the ASP did not want to change again and now is a shit European title. the one surfer, who gain better points on the WQS events win it. No more generation or European fight each other).
All this was in my mind, fresh, when I saw a surfboard bag and a really young kid smiling for me.
I though wax a Australian kid, as many others who start to travel and doesn't even know how to cook an egg. They just go and learn. But not, kid start to ask me if I was Eric.. 
I was answering and analyzing if I keep j with me or just say by.
Well, I doth really know why I always analyze , cause I always say yes let's go...
He end up all 3 contest and almost a month with me.
Really cool kid, 16 years old. Always smiling.start to call me master with lots of prestige and I was giving him all the knowledge I have from the tour.

Every year I saw him after that month together, he had a really good vibe.
So, when I was ask to make a list of name from Lanzarote local and Quemao Class organizer ,I had to think of international names who charge and they cool, cause this is an event in memory of a surfer, Fula, that was surfing with us and died there . 
From Brazil, straight away Bruno Santos and Ricardo dos Santos came to the list.
Charges and guys that left the water, have a beer and laugh with the crew.
After this horrible episode from yesterday I was in shock.
Kid that I was talking in Facebook. was stoked to hang with him again like that first time I saw him when he was 16 years old, now dead..so violent .. 
And the worst, from some one that should been protecting him not all this big corrupt and arrogant police they have there in Brazil.

Ricardo makes me think of Malik Joyeux and as Malik, they both have this all time happy face that contagious everyone around.
Rest in peace bro! 
I will try not to cry anymore and maintain a happy face for you both.
Next time a true bomb will come in my way I will laugh for you before barrel it.

the traditional Ho´s family

Coruña paddling spot

I was cruising check the new área i am living by Santa Cristina, Coruña and from that side i saw a long left.went all the way to the other side and could check behind Coruña harbor the wave and saw this one from there.

Really close to the rocks on first view, but think bigger oil be better will be.Did not get many waves.And the ones i got wasn´t the 2 big set that came trought like this one.

Hope have the chance to surf it more often and make a really intense take off.

Always needing company on this days in Galicia.

Or a jetski rescue to push a bit more the limtis and have this back up just there.

Article with more potos at  : 

http://www.ledicia.org/blog/2015/1/16/eric-rebiere-en-punta-pragueira-corua

new sponsor Rvca The balance of opposites

Very happy to have a new deal with Rvca.

This is a copules shorts from my first surf trip with than as a sponsor.

For sure, Billabong adventure crew behind, is always a push to surf good waves.

Hope we have more and more good session as this one at Galicia, death coast.

La nord contest

This year contest was a bit bellos my expectation.

As last year we had such a good sand bank with proper barreos.

The fat 8 feet waves this year did make me dream.

think that should be judging more performance that big wave kind.

hope next year we will have big barreos again!