“Happy-to-be-alive” French surfer breaks “world’s largest wave record” in Nazaré
French surfer Benjamin Sanchis will soon be entering Guinness’ Book of Records for surfing “the largest wave ever” at Portugal’s Praia do Norte in Nazaré. According to i newspaper, Guinness
Vila do Bispo hosts final stage of surfing competition
Surf || Praia da Cordoama in Vila do Bispo will be hosting the last stage of the Algarve’s 2014 surfing circuit competition – Circuito de Surf do Algarve – on
Surf potential in Portugal
Surfing currently contributes around €400 million to the Portuguese economy every year. But the impact of the sport could be “even higher” if it was seen as a “lucrative business”,
Surf’s back in the Algarve!
The Algarve will once again be hosting a stage of the national surfing championship Liga Moche, the National Surfers Association has announced. Praia do Amado in Aljezur was the chosen
Briton surfs Portugal’s latest monster wave
Nazaré is now well and truly on the world surf map, with this year’s monster waves attracting the sport’s most intrepid. On Sunday, Briton’s Andrew Cotton won the day –
Algarve surf film premiers this weekend
A short-film entitled ‘Algarve’ and focusing on the Algarve’s surfing potential will be premiering on Saturday at Sagres youth hostel – showing later at a number of venues throughout the
American surfing website praises Praia da Rocha
‘Southern Portugal steals Nazaré’s thunder’ – this is the title of a photographic report published by American surfing website ‘The Inertia’, which highlights how internationally-successful surfers were surprised by the
Surfing Ericeira
Ericeira recently played host to hordes of keen surfers for the Billabong Pro Junior competition – the fourth pro junior contest sponsored by Billabong on the European Pro Junior Tour.