
(KO-shuss) razor sharp rocks, heavy barrels and the best wave on the portuguese coast.

Why do you surf? Take a minute to answer this properly. You are now half way to improving because you know what your driving force is. Now, what do you want out of reading this? You now have purpose, something you should paddle out with every day.

A rejuvenated Maurice Cole welcomes us into his shaping bay at Surf Odyssey in the industrial zone of Capbreton. There’s a twinkle in his eye, constant smile on his lips, you can nearly hear him chuckling to himself in his shaping room. What could be behind this newfound youth? Sure enough, Maurice hasn’t returned to his country of adoption empty handed. For the last 18 months, he’s been working in utmost secrecy with long-time friend Ross Clark Jones deep in the backwaters of Victoria, far from curious onlookers.

New materials, new manufacturers, new surfboards: Nathan Myers invites you to move with the times.

The best female shredders on the planet light up Indo, Oz, Fiji and Hawaii, showing how far women’s wave riding has come. Highlights include Chelsea’s powerful attack, including mental tubes at Lance’s, Lisa’s style, the Roxy Pro Fiji, and a peek at Biarritz she shredder Lee-Ann Curren.

Like Reunion Island and Tahiti, the Caribbean has fast become another fertile talent pool for French surfers in the last couple of years. Arthur Bourbon stands tall among a new generation of surfers from the island of Guadeloupe whose sights are for the first time firmly fixed on the WQS. Born in Guadeloupe into a family of surfers (both his mum and dad surf), Arthur first tried surfing aged five. Since then he has worked his way up through the ranks, doing local contests, nationals and rounding his school years off by joining the Pole France (French surf team) before passing his baccalaureate in 2005.

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