Marc Lacomare by Alex Laurel

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Spanish champ

My focus is not competition for a while now.
But it is so rad when you decided to do something that you not doing for a while .
You out of your confort Zone.
And when things go wrong it is normal.. you not ready for that.. but it is always nice when things goes good.
I was the whole contest not even watching the ocean, cause my kids were all amping on a kids zone behind the contest area.
Really big thanks to Lola, that i met at the kids park and right before the final she showed up with many toyes that made my little one more easy..
My big one was alredy with her kid playing.
Really cool family as a the father is a windsurfer..
old kid a really good surfer and the cruise around on a camp van.
Surfing best beaches..
I did the wqs at Coruña right after that but wasn´t the same good vibe.
Waves were really bad and that really makes me feel like good waves is what makes surfers happier.

NIXON
RVCA
ROB Vaughan Surfboards



Thanks to Prado surd escola boys for the good vibe.
You can watch here at this clip:





https://vimeo.com/174558984

Fantastic music and images slabs Australia

Interview Surferrule.com

http://www.surferrule.com/surfista-olas-gigantes-cuando-surf-supera-la-ficcion/

#NixonSurfChallenge

 I Was in Bali for a week.
 My partner and friend Sevastusn Steudtner invite me to go there so we could surf together and I could help him to progress his surf.
 Seb is on my eyes, the best tow surfer in the world,
Most of surfers get really unstable on a tow board when ocean is not clean , giant ( 60 feet plus) and condition is challenging .
 He is solid.
 I can put him on any wave that I know he will deal with it.
 On a opposite hand he did not grew up on the ocean. Start surf late and windsurfing ( I believe he is solid when he go fast cause that). Now, that he is surfing more and more , most of my tips are helping for generate speed using whole body.
 Uluwatu was our playground,
 We both got fit paddling and both stoked of a break from Europe.
 He was dealing with sponsor and TV, I was with my surfschool and my kids.
 Straight from there I flew to Dublin on this crazy Dempasar( Bali), Jakarta, Abudhabi,Dublin.
 Arriving in Dublin Henning Erlandsen was already there .

 always getting every thing ready for the big Nixon crew arrive.
Straight roads . Made our happiness and scariness ..
 Dublin to Spanish point, where back in the days the biggest navy assault of history from Spain on England end up on a disaster , when a storm destroyed the great amount of boat on this coast of Clare, Lahinch, Ireland.
 Waves were flat and we all decided to see Fergal's Smith farm. 
 On the beginning I though was a farm where you go grown your food and go back home.
 Not that one.
 Fergal is on a new ( old) way to live.
 He cultivated his on biological food, he lived on a tend and a bunch of friends start to follow him.
 A way full of love,
 Living from the earth to the earth.
Made think a lot of what you need to be happy in life and what your partner ( wife , girlfriend...) thinks of that way of life.
 We all helped him for many hours and he was stoked to see work from many days ( he doesn't have any machine at the farm), be made in a few ours.
 An amazing lunch with all organic products was a high light of the day,
 Salad, soup, cakes... 
 Second day waves still flat and a big part of the crew went for a sailing at the famous clif of Moher.
 2 guys stay to swim with Dusty, the local Dolphin who is always around the harbor.
 I stay hanging with Henning( nixon Europe ex owner who brought the brand to Europe).
 Have a bad ear infection from Bsli that was killing me.
 Same day we got the 3 hours road to Dingle. 
 Ferry on the way and amazing landscapes.
 Next day afternoon we move from Dingle to a local city close to the spot Cean Sibeal, where must of the latest Star Wars was made and even the last scene where she found Luke Skywalker on a empty island.
 Same we could see from the water surfing.
This little beach break full of wedges made our happiness and the vibe hype grew.
 Every one killing it!
 Need to tell that I was a bit more shocked from what this ozzy call Chippa Wilson could do it on those 2/3 feet waves.
 Best adjective must be from Kepa Acero to him "this guy is a bailarino.
 A ginastic acrobatic"
 He really was doing things that I even Did not know the name and after ask him many times I only get " party trick".
 We did a lot of road together and both talking how good was those old Billabong videos ( Bunyip dream as we were listening Chippa's song of it) or even Taylor Steele decade of videos.
 Back to Dublin, we all ate at this nice tailand restaurant called Opium.
 Bar and disco on the same place.
 Many went to party hard .
 Prize ceremony next day.
 Chippa won, off course .
 Many went to bed and many back to party.
 I did a little cruise with my friend Maria at Temples.
 Back to Galicia , to Coruña. 
 Will start a working summer teaching what I love, surf.

The only thing we are sure for our future is the death. And when will come our only happiness will be watch the past and make sure we did love enough. Not only the love to other person, but love on the daily life. The trust good things happens all the time and you have the sensibility to feel it.

NIXON SURF CHALLENGE 2016 | IRELAND from NIXON Europe on Vimeo.

Coaching pro to pro

Last week during the Nixon surf challenge i had many conversations with the group about how important is a coach.

Gony Z, Marlon Lipker, Jonathan G.. With around 30 and Charly and Marc around 25 was there..

We all was talking about Glen Hall coaching Matt Wilko and noe Bede coaching JhonJhon.

In Europe, Jeremy and Fredo Robin is the one top example, but why more and more yong surfers not looking for a ex top surfer for coaching.

someone that know same feelings of you.

Must of the time mini indecisions of a board or a tactic..but that could be a winning heat, contest or tittle.

Accidents , time to change?

First time I realise the world of surf has some weird things was long time ago.
I went to Hawaii on my late's teens. Right after I had move from Brazil to France.
I used to cruise a lot with Patrick Beven.
He is the one guy who told me to move as he is  French Brazilian as I am and was already in Europe.
Days in Hawaii were always with him at his sponsor's house beach front, where we could check waves all day long as much as the sunset, whales and all the amazing things hawaian days can offer.
One day I got there really early and pipe was empty.
I got my board and paddle straight to the peak.
Paul Patterson was the only guy at the line up with me and this beautiful 10 feet set came trough.
I was so stoked to see a perfect wave come in my way that I start to smile.
Next thing, crazy wipeout.
Should paddle way before and way stronger.
Touch the bottom on my stands, but the wave sucked me over the falls.
Hit the face first one the reef.
Like a punch.
Happy did not lost conscious.
Got the surface spray blood everywhere.
Run to Patrick's house who were recording ( we try to find the video but it's lost).
He was keep recording and checking and not saying nothing.
World champ Phil Razman, showed up and said I should go to the hospital.
Left his insurance card with me saying we both had big nose and I had just broke mine so should go through.
Well, really did.
Back to house Patrick laught saying my girls Hawaiian season was done. 
After I start to used helmet and was I realised how bad world surf media's kills you using helmet. Not passing photos any where.
I start to write this cause nowadays top WSL surfer Owen Wright is on a bad position to come back to his top surf level after touch the reef at Pipe.
Why is not a normal thing use the helmet like skater or other sport ?

I wish this will change!Owen Writgh

Aaron Gold

Octaviano Bueno ¨taiu¨

6 years old kid

saw this post on facebook and tripped.
Such an young age and already surfing that good.
i start to analyze why there is so many talents at the tropics .
Think must of all the water temperature and outside is the keen point.
Kids ( as much as adults), want to have a good time.
Adults are easier to wear a wetsuit and go out, but kids is not the same.
My daughter is 5 and i see on her how much she likes when is warm and sunny and when is cold( i don´t even take her on the middle of the winter, too cold).
Bring your kids to a surf trip on warm water!

Olha ai galera esse filme e um pouco dos meus treinos ,que venho me dedicando para as competições de 2016 ,agradeço a meus apoio e a galera que torce por mim OBRIGADO.
Posted by Victor Santos on Thursday, February 25, 2016

Respect ..

Not sure why people publish this things. Journal saying why world champ , local, drops one guy in the middle of 500 as Super bank is.. Man, he did even see no one paddling ... come one.. if was on Brazilian jiujitsu or any other hierarchy sport or life.. you are doing something wrong.

I remember this old guy there in Dbha.. right close to super bank..

THere was only rights and this guy paddle over him( i myself and 200 from the wqs contest back in the days), he only laught to the guy and said, you going left? i was with Miky Picon and we laught for weeks about that..

Mick Fanning is not old, but i am sure this guy behind him is not that old man i saw it.

Interview

http://www.cervezasalada.com/entrevista-eric-rebiere/

Laurent Pujol videos

the Real friends you know they there. Those that you don´t need been calling them all the time like chicks rasseling.. they there when you pass by there house and knock theirs doors and say ¨what up¨and is like saw yesterday.
In France i have many of them..
Many others places too.. but just said France cause my buddy here Laurent Pujol is the cause of those lines.. as much as Patrick, Sancho, François, daze,..


Met Laurent long time ago during European pro tour..
He did the change to photo and now video maker.
Think he is always placing himself on some spots that only a true surfer as he is for be calm and shoot.



SHOWREEL 2016 - LAURENT PUJOL from Laurent Pujol on Vimeo.

V television interview

click on links :

http://bcove.me/br68vm2f

http://www.vtelevision.es/informativosv/2016/02/11/0031_4750169580001.htm

http://www.vtelevision.es/informativos/masquecontar/2016/02/12/0031_4750940135001.htm

Galicia searching

I was at Lanzarote cause must of the time i stay half there half in Galicia during the winter.

Went i saw the forecast i was keen to comeback to try to town-in some of the biggest waves of the winter.

My friend Andrew Cotton change his plans on last second and decided to go up to Ireland( probily best option always as the waves the are the best big waves to surf..big clean and barreling)When i arrived in Santiago Sunday night i was always checking the forecast. My contact at MSW was helping me out with winds as much as François Liets as usual.

Not many otion was coming to my head with such a big swell and wind. My students got the road to Lugo as waves are always more protected from wind but smaller. I decided to stay at A Coruña. I had one option to surf in the middle of A Coruña bay or this wave here that i had try last year with my friends from Ledicia filming company.

Back than i knew could be better bigger cause the wave breaks close to the rocks and bigger ¨safer¨could be.

I paddle out right went the biggest of the swell was fill in. I already new was way bigger cause the paddle out was way more waves and withe water than the first time.Waves were breaking more far from the rocks and with a such big swell i knew i could get with lucky one really big one.

 straight away i got this wave here and felt really confortable on my 10´6¨Rob Vaughan ( we have been making boards for many years now and his big one has a different rails than other shaper and i am more and more confortable o it)
Right after the first wave many cars of police and firemens as much of local civil protection service start to arrive.
I was at the line up checking the sets, positioning myself and checking them.
I know how much work they have on this days. And have many friends who work on it. And is Carnaval. Wasn´t keen to give any problem.
" cars left and i thought they will let me stay and i could concentrate myself for next set.
Right before a big set fill in the firemans make me signs to leave.
I screw that big set, as i wasn´t at the right place.
With a such long perieod swell , sets takes long time to come and i wasn´t really calm to wait and give trouble to anyone.
So i smooth paddle back to the small beachlauching spot.

Cops and firemens was waiting for me.

They told about the risk. they ask me if i will be back, i said yes and they told me to call before i surf next time.

I ask with i could go back to water but no.

Spot is there and will be many more paddling session there.

One option on giant swells and no need of PWC.
Thanks Eva Díez and TNK vision for be there shooting.

http://www.elidealgallego.com/articulo/coruna/surfista-mete-mar-olas-metros-rodar-documental/20160208221751273091.htmlCheck

Big wave medsea mission

Quemao class 2016

Thanks for the amazing word of Radical surf mag about i start to surf the spot on low tide.

appreciate it.

http://radicalsurfmag.com/quemao-class-2016/

Congratulations to Dimitri Ouvré.

I heart myself on this wave rolling in my back inside the barrel.

Check feature at :

http://magicseaweed.com/news/quemao-looked-like-pipe-yesterday/8599/

Monsanto killing us

I just arrived home in Lanzarote when my friend came to me saying the owner of his house was sparying Roundup (         http://ecocosas.com/noticias/roundup-toxico/     ) everywhere.

Next day i went to ask at the local place the helps all farmers ( and giving away this really bad pesticide).

My goal is do a eco agriculture in my land and i went to ask for the stamp of eco food.

The lady said i only need to pay 35 euros and one fiscal will come to see what kind of growing process i was using.

I ask what about if i used anything before.

the answer was not what i expected, as they don´t care if you use any products before.

Roundup, used for clean all ¨bad¨things growing could be used and they don´t care..

All peoples who is buying bio thinking they buying a good food was wrong..

watch uot!

Medsea

New destination goes a lot with surfers personality.
We change so much as the ocean as the waves.
A new wave and new place to surf involve all the feelings of " new" ..
For those who don't surf I will put on a smaller scale as a new tasting food.
When I was in Galicia and so the wind direction going straight to the medsea I new could be a good fun session.
A last minute crew made and we all get the 15 h road plus 10 boat.
First session was about 12/15 feet waves. Outer reef paddling. With a 15/20 min paddle out on one of the amazing little bays of this paradise island.
Had a good begin session with some drops and broke my leash and leash plug. Board disappear on the ocean and I did the long swimming back to the beach.
One local found the board lately and we decided to move to a tow in slab session.
The time we found a harbor and did the long way to the spot, wind changed and session blow.
I did I little paddle session next day, follow by local boy Francois and his girl.
Many wipeouts and one solid one that I felt in the end.
Left my board there and can't wait to come back.

Azores.Mar sem Fim

This project call "mar sem fim" ( check link here for the poetry who the named the expeditition : https://www.google.es/#q=fernando+pessoa) , and made by , for me, the best paddle surf of Europe, João de Macedo, has hwvibtebtion of surf new big waves.
Last expedition solidify the potential of this great wave at Ribeira Grande.
Monster paddle surf, Alex Botelho came with us and they both our a show of surfing.
Both with lots of experience at Mavericks, was found some steep take off.
I start tow-in and gotmu paddle board after.
Missing d a bit the time doing this.
Now, u thought I shouldn't toe and just paddle.
The best we know now after the session is that with a 10 feet 15 seg swell on a low tide, we had surf 15 feet waves.
Think on a solid giant swell on a high tide, waves could be 60 feet.
We are checking to go back on a solid forecast and make real our predictions.

http://sicnoticias.sapo.pt/arquivo/2015-11-22-SIC-acompanhou-expedicao-aos-Acores-na-procura-de-novos-locais-de-surf

This is the third expedition we do at Açores islands.

Galicia new frontiere

http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/deportes/2015/11/05/nazare-ultima-frontera/0003_201511G5P44995.htm