Foiling Magazine

AWAKENING BELHARRA

Meanwhile, further north in Basque country, foilers Titouan Galea, Tom Constant and Matthieu Agirregomezkorta Etxebarne (aka Matthieu Aguirre) were taking on the fickle big wave spot of Belharra. And although there was a fraction of the media coverage, the session was none-theless well documented by scores of photographers who braved the rogue sets to capture the occasion from the decks of fishing boats. We dug a little deeper to find out how the session went down…

HEY GUYS. SO FIRSTLY, TELL OUR READERS WHERE BELHARRA IS AND GIVE US A BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF THE SPOT…

TG: Belharra is a wave that breaks 2.5km out from the shore in the Basque country, Southern France. You need a lot of organization to get out there!

: It’s definitely one of the biggest waves in the world. It’s situated between Saint Jean de Luz and Hendaye.

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