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Highlights from the Belgian Juniors’ Trip to the Euro Surf Championships

It was just 2008 when Belgium made its debut here at the European Championships, with the surfing’s popularity starting to grow in the country.

BY Damian Davila |

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This is how it was pretty much every evening after the daily competition ended. We drove back to the place we were staying in Taghazout and it was absolutely firing out front.

I was thankful to attend the 2016 Euro Junior Surf Championships in beautiful Morocco this December as Belgium’s photographer. I got to see some of the best under-18 surfers from Europe perform there. But best of all, I was adopted by a team of seven boys and two amazing girls, their coaches and their parents.

It was just 2008 when Belgium made its debut here at the European Championships, with the surfing’s popularity starting to grow in the country. They finished in 9th place in this edition of the contest, facing off against powerhouses like Portugal, Spain, Morocco and the UK.

14-year-old Costa Rican champion Dean Vandewalle, originally born in Ghent, took bronze in the finals for his age group.

In my free time during this trip, I shot some free surfing every evening. These are some of the images that made my trip so memorable.