Five Remote Places Still Open for Perfect Surf Discovery
Perfect uncrowded waves. Do they still exist?
It seems like no matter how far you travel that once you paddle out to this “remote” break there is still the same crew from North America, Australia, or Brazil that beat you to it. But don’t be talked out of it. There are still waves out there that are going unridden right now. You just need to think outside of the usual box.
Surfing Mag‘s Taylor Paul – inspired by William Finnegan’s memoir Barbarian Days – knows a thing or two about undiscovered waves, so he made a little list of five regions to make the trek to. Make sure to do a lot of research and pack a lot of rubber.
“But maybe there’s still hope? There must be quality, unknown waves still breaking all over this world. Sure, the low-hanging fruit was picked in the 70s, 80s and 90s, and most of what remained at the top of the tree was spotted with help from Google Earth. But there’s no way we found everything. And besides, the fluid nature of this planet means that new waves are always being formed — an earthquake raises a reef here, a jetty makes a wedge there, rivermouths break out everywhere. Access is another modern advantage. Roads are being built, new flight routes established. There’s no such thing as cold water, just bad rubber — modern wetsuits are our passports into frigid, foreign waters. All that, combined with accurate and improving surf forecasting, and how could there not be hundreds (thousands?) of good waves out there, breaking right now, all undiscovered and lonely.”
Click over to SURFING MAG to discover the five regions still ripe for surf discovery.
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