Stories from…
The Way of the Waves
Here’s the plan...
Mundaka? No one there!
Some generations claim their time was the golden age, when it was still possible to surf new places. Roger Tout was one of the early surfers who travelled to Europe in search of warm waves and new experiences. Here he explains what it was like exploring northern Spain.
I invented the leash before the leash was even invented.
Necessity is the mother of invention. SO when you aren’t a great swimmer but don’t want to stop catching waves, what do you do?
We were some of the first to go from Cornwall..
Surfing arrived in France in 1956. But by 1963 the word was out and everyone wanted to go, including Vicko.
The dark side of surf travel.
How do you pay for the Endless Summer? Some surfers turned to drug running.
Roger Tout is a surfboard shaper and traveller. He began surfing in Europe in the early 1970s and pioneered spots in Spain and the Canaries.
We thought we’d better buy a map.….
Heading to Biarritz in 1963? Buy a map..
You won’t get to Holsworthy in that mate..
So you set off for Biarritz. Then you have to call the AA after a few miles…
You hear these things but it really is a true story….
“We came around the corner and there was the best surf we’d ever seen….”
When the greats meet up. Magic happens…
Pete Vickery met Nat Young in Biarritz in 1963… did they surf together???
Never spoof with the locals….
You can take a Cornishman out of Cornwall but you can never take the Cornishman from him. Wherever you are in the world, don’t play spoof with the locals, wherever they are.