Hidden in the middle of the Peruvian desert in the most Northern reaches of Peru lays an abandoned ghost town named Lobitos, the unlikely home to some of the best waves Peru has to offer. If you are in search of a truly unique surfing and cultural adventure then look no further than the famed shores of Lobitos.
Read MoreFlorianópolis, Brazil, a Surfer's Paradise Island.
Sitting just off the mainland in the deep South of Brazil lays a beautiful paradise island that is home to some of the best beach breaks in the entire country. Welcome to Florianópolis, a surfer's island paradise. Many who hold the opinion that Brazil lacks quality surf obviously have never laid their eyes on the stunning beaches of Floripa.
Read MoreIs Chicama Really the Longest Wave on the Planet?
Where is the longest wave on the face of the planet today? While the likes of Skeleton Bay in Nambia, Jeffreys Bay in South Africa and The Superbank in Australia offer up extremely strong claims to the title much debate still surrounds this notion. It is commonly accepted the world over that the legendary wave of Chicama in the most Northern reaches of Peru is indeed the longest wave on the planet. In mid 2017 I made the long pilgrimage through the unwelcoming deserts of Peru in an attempt to debunk the myth that is Chicama, here are my findings.
Read MoreGalápagos Exploration, A New Wave Discovery in the Galápagos.
The Galápagos Islands situated well off the coast of mainland Ecuador would have to be among one of the most undiscovered surfing regions on the planet. While visiting the island of Santa Cruz I was fortunate enough to be invited on a boat trip with a dozen of Ecuador's best surfers to document a wave that had only just been discovered. This is what went down.
Read MoreSurvival of the Fittest, All You Ever Wanted to Know About Surfing in the Galápagos
Located over 900 kilometers off the coast of Ecuador lies the ruggedly beautiful desolate islands of the Galápagos. While this region is most famed for raw beauty, vast abundance of unique wildlife and the key inspiration for the development Charles Darwin's theory of Evolution; the survival of the fittest but what many do not realise is that these world renown islands are in fact home to some of the best and heaviest waves in Ecuador. Some have gone as far as to informally label the Galápagos as the Hawaii of South America and not without due reason as one only needs to take a quick glance at the position of the Galápagos islands on the world map to deduce that the island are in prime location to receive the large north and south swell lines that frequent the region.
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