Welcome to Galicia: A Spanish Slab-Rider’s Paradise
The enormous potential of our coast is still being discovered every day.
Galicia showing all its power. October 27, 2013. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Cesar Sanchez on the heaviest day of the season. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Cesar Sanchez, just before the full potential of our land. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Cesar Sanchez tested for the first time on his birthday. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Igor Muniain testing the potential carnage. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Julian Gonzalez must be wearing a big smile while looking into his new discovery. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Hugo Sanchez and Rafa Melero trying new places along the Costa da Morte. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Cesar and Julian getting ready to take the next one. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Cesar Sanchez on the heaviest day of the season. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Esteban Hermida getting piped at home. Angel Fotosplino, foreground, is the most important photographer of the south coast seen here making a visit to the northern reaches. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Rafa Melero. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Perfect pointbreak refugees from the great storms of the Galician coast. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Galicia is full of slab refuge from the harsh winters. Photo: Irene Aneiros
New spot. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Igor Muniain enjoying Galicia. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Cesar and Julian, internship with the Mirandas. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Vicente Romero getting some winter training in at a place that allows for a wide variety of waves. Photo: Irene Aneiros
Welcome to Galicia. The enormous potential of our coast is still being discovered every day. Here, thousands of kilometers of coastline hide huge slabs and perfect points. Torrential rains are accompanied by winds in excess of 40 knots that create almost impossible conditions to work in a place where, if something happened, we could not easily get help. All of this creates a wonderful place to enjoy exploring and seeing new sides of right out our own back door.