Giant waves in the middle of the European summer
Completely out-of-season swell hits the old continent
Cover photo: WSL
Cover photo: Something from what happened at QS Galicia yesterday.
Video of the competition in Galicia:
Below, Nazaré is huge in the middle of August:
That same Hurricane Erin that was so much talked about on the East Coast of the United States, hit Europe with a vengeance, causing waves to break along the entire coast: Mundaka, Nazaré, and Mullaghmore in Ireland, among other waves.
There were epic sessions all around.
Above and below several videos of the event:
MUNDAKA DE SHORT
BIG WAVES IN FRANCE:
IRELAND WITH NIC VON RUPP AND FRIENDS: "ERIN WAS ANGRY TODAY"
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