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Postby ken » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:01 pm

Hi everyone goin on holiday to the biarritz area near hossegor. I've seen Hossegor on Tv etc. just wonderin how dangerous it is cus i thought it couldnt be that bad bein a beach break.
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Postby CheeZee » Thu Jul 13, 2006 10:34 pm

ahh my boarding buddies came out of the mountains for the summer season in Hossegor last year :D

All good bro .. depending where you are to how dangerous but the main beaches do dump right on the sand !! .. and like a 6ft'er right on the sand so you can get slammed pretty bad if you dont have the ability .. two of them did and stayed out back but scott isnt as good so i think it scared him a bit cause he got rag dolled trying to get out of the liquid !! .
They all had a wicked time ...spent little money just camping here and there, drank heaps of cheap but quality brews, met a lot of real friendly local surfers that didnt have localism issues ...so all in all a good few months spent ..i'll get some info from him if you'd like .. you know ..usefull campsites etc .. the names of beaches that'll slam ya and some that wont :wink:

" in his words a text ive saved from then ... " F*** me cheezee, you need a tow-in just to get a bucket of water for your sand castle " ...lmao ... :D
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Postby 4G » Fri Jul 14, 2006 9:58 am

Yeah!
I was in Hossegor just yesterday and was amazing, i m not very good but if u know some locals guys (we had a trip with surftolive) they can give u some advice.
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Postby waveseeker » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:40 am

Check out these shots - it can be plenty dangerous in Hossegor if you don't know what you are doing, you can get some full on hold downs when it gets big, and its always powerful.
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Postby CheeZee » Fri Jul 14, 2006 11:49 am

excellent shots 'seeker .. yeh see thats the killer .. their so close to each other right on the beach that if you go under you can be down there for a while and the backwash is just as lethal as it drags you back under the next wave breaking :shock: :twisted: ..bit hardcore but like 4G did, i 'd suggest going with some locals/surfschool unless your on one of the more gentle beaches ..and there arent many apparentely !!

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Postby isaluteyou » Wed Jul 19, 2006 7:01 am

i was down there last year sponging it i went in winter though brrrrrr but the surf was epic had a great time just make sure you know what you are doing lol as for mellow beaches i didnt find one but it was winter go figure :lol:
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