The kid from Constantine has grown into a man, complete with a rather dodgy tash. (Maybe that was just a Movember thing. Let’s hope so!) He’s just back from a month in Hawaii. So how did it all go?
ALGERIA
The North African country of Algeria is possibly the last place you’d ever think of to go surfing. But it actually cops a fair bit of swell in the winter months. Sennen lads Sam Bleakley and Tristan Jenkin rolled the dice and discovered some surprisingly good waves.
WORLD SURFING RESERVES: COMING SOON!
Australia has them, California has them, Hawaii has them...so why can’t some of Britain and Europe’s best waves be recognised and protected as World Surfing Reserves? Ben Mondy reckons it’s only a matter of time.
WEST COAST ODYSSEY
Sam Lamiroy took a 2,000-mile trip down the Pacific Coast of North America at the end of last year. With the Pacific just shifting in El Nino mode, it turned out to be a good time to be over there, especially when Todos Santos rumbled into life...
FOCUS
LUCKY STRIKE
Ronan, Josh, George, Paddy, Iarom and Joss – they sound like Louis Walsh’s latest boy band...and if you turn to page 79 you’ll see they look the part too! God help us. Nah, these lads are actually six of the best British and Irish Under 20s around at the moment. They all rip...but have they got what it takes to really get noticed or even become national champions some day? We thought the best way to toughen them up would be to send them off to boot camp in Morocco with Sergeant Russ ‘Crimson Chin’ Winter.
ICY GOLD
A big warm van with wall-to-wall shagpile carpets. Megan Fox, naked except for a woolly hat. A two-litre thermos of hot tea. A portable jacuzzi, set at a baking 40°C. It would have been nice to have had any or all of these things to hand after a session during The Big Freeze. But all you really needed was a decent wetsuit, boots, gloves and a hood...plus a pair of eyes to see that the surf was frickin’ going off!
