Smorgasboarder_12_July-2012

Peru. Waves you haven’t surfed yet.
Photo: Peru Aventura
GET PACKING
We all dream of doing it. Some of us only get to do it once a year. Some
lucky ones seem to be doing it all the time. Some even do it for a living.
Some get to do it in some pretty weird and wonderful places. Some just
love doing it in the same place over and over again while others are
constantly after a brand new venue to heighten the thrill.
Travel is that ever-present idea - an insatiable craving for so many. And
lets face it: whatever your preference, whatever your schedule, as a
surfer you WILL travel. Whether it’s to a far flung tropical paradise, to
icy cold foreign waters as a change from home, or simply down the
coast to your favourite secret spot for a weekend away - it’s all part
of the same drive to get away, with surfboard under arm to immerse
yourself in the energy of a different wave.
It’s with that thought in mind that we’ve brought together a collection
of surf-trip stories to warm you through the next two months of
winter. We’ve got top-shelf tropical travel tales from the best surf tour
operators in the business, interviews with everyday travellers, right
through to personal stories of readers’ trips to weird and wonderful
spots you might not think of for surfing. There’s even stories from people
in different countries, showing us despite geographical boundaries
and cultural quirks, just how similar we really all are when it comes to
pursuit of this passion that is surfing.
It’s real stories like the ones in this edition that keep us amazed,
excited and motivated to get out there too. So when your teeth are still
chattering from your freezing morning carpark change, we hope that
these pages of (mostly) warm waves, boardies and bikinis will help get
that blood pumping, keep you excited to catch more waves and get you
through the next winter months with all the reading you need!
Enjoy!
jul/aug 2012
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