Sunday, 29 November 2009
Surfing in Madeira: an introduction
Source & adapted from: WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing_in_Madeira
Surfing first started off the Portuguese island of Madeira in the 1970s off the villages of Paul do Mar, Jardim do Mar and Punta Pequena. Almost every surfspot is rocky and powerful. No waves seem to break under six feet in the winter months. Madeira did not really come to the attention of foreign surfers until articles in surfing magazines in the mid-1990s. Since 1996 top Portuguese surfers from the mainland compete in the Madeira regional edition of the 'Billabong' Challenge see 'The Encyclopaedia of Surfing':
In 2001 The World Big Wave Championships were held in Madeira.
Madeira’s surfspots
Paul do Mar: this surfspot according to surf experts has the best barreling waves(also known as tubular, tunnel waves) on Madeira. Both stand-up surfing and bodyboarding are practised at this spot.
Link to Photo Gallery of The World Big Wave Championships 2001 round at Paul do Mar:
http://olhares.aeiou.pt/campeonato_do_mundo_de_ondas_grandes_paul_do_mar_foto1717070.html
Punta Pequena: another perfect right-hander. Punta Pequena is situated between Jardim do Mar and Paul do Mar
Lugar de Baixo: really hollow and fast.
Sao Vicente on the north coast is a calmer spot suitable for beginners and intermediate surfers. Here a surf school is based.
Jardim do Mar: the right-hander. Surfing at Jardim is only for the experienced as the waves break large. They start at around two metres and reeling right-handers can reach 5 metres sweeping along the rocky point.
Jardim do Mar was documented in Jacob Holcombs film 'Lost Jewel of the Atlantic'
Funchal’s beaches off Madeira’s capital sometimes have fun left-handers.
The Encyclopaedia of Surfing:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-DWQSYRx4MUC&pg=PA355&lpg=PA355&dq=surfing+madeira+the+times&source=bl&ots=UagU4wTBCX&sig=CmcSiHGGj7lxYd5JtnnkHz8GL70&hl=en&ei=pwXDScOBOpDRjAfIkdSZCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result-#v=onepage&q=surfing%20madeira%20the%20times&f=false
'Wannasurf' page on Surfing in Madeira:
http://www.wannasurf.com/spot/Europe/Madeira/
'Lost Jewel of the Atlantic'
Surf Nation
Source & adapted from: WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surfing_in_Madeira
Surfing first started off the Portuguese island of Madeira in the 1970s off the villages of Paul do Mar, Jardim do Mar and Punta Pequena. Almost every surfspot is rocky and powerful. No waves seem to break under six feet in the winter months. Madeira did not really come to the attention of foreign surfers until articles in surfing magazines in the mid-1990s. Since 1996 top Portuguese surfers from the mainland compete in the Madeira regional edition of the 'Billabong' Challenge see 'The Encyclopaedia of Surfing':
In 2001 The World Big Wave Championships were held in Madeira.
Madeira’s surfspots
Paul do Mar: this surfspot according to surf experts has the best barreling waves(also known as tubular, tunnel waves) on Madeira. Both stand-up surfing and bodyboarding are practised at this spot.
Link to Photo Gallery of The World Big Wave Championships 2001 round at Paul do Mar:
http://olhares.aeiou.pt/campeonato_do_mundo_de_ondas_grandes_paul_do_mar_foto1717070.html
Punta Pequena: another perfect right-hander. Punta Pequena is situated between Jardim do Mar and Paul do Mar
Lugar de Baixo: really hollow and fast.
Sao Vicente on the north coast is a calmer spot suitable for beginners and intermediate surfers. Here a surf school is based.
Jardim do Mar: the right-hander. Surfing at Jardim is only for the experienced as the waves break large. They start at around two metres and reeling right-handers can reach 5 metres sweeping along the rocky point.
Jardim do Mar was documented in Jacob Holcombs film 'Lost Jewel of the Atlantic'
Funchal’s beaches off Madeira’s capital sometimes have fun left-handers.
The Encyclopaedia of Surfing:
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=-DWQSYRx4MUC&pg=PA355&lpg=PA355&dq=surfing+madeira+the+times&source=bl&ots=UagU4wTBCX&sig=CmcSiHGGj7lxYd5JtnnkHz8GL70&hl=en&ei=pwXDScOBOpDRjAfIkdSZCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result-#v=onepage&q=surfing%20madeira%20the%20times&f=false
'Wannasurf' page on Surfing in Madeira:
http://www.wannasurf.com/spot/Europe/Madeira/
'Lost Jewel of the Atlantic'
Surf Nation
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