It´s been a while since I do this calendars, probably 6 years now, skipped last year though (beer septicemia)... This year I am making them right and they are going to arrive in time for sure. Still fixing colors in a couple, but I think it is looking great already. I want to make 2020, … Continue reading 2020 Calendar
Met Nelson Paulino aka Kid at my beach the other day. He was with his friend Ilda. After a brief introduction I felt like I should take some pics, she is a fan of my work... There was nothing extraordinary happening, but the light was alright. Tried some speed blurs and backlit stuff. The reflections … Continue reading Doc Ilda
The concert´s change of venue from Figueira da Foz to Cabedelo beach just made us surf more. Day and night, partying until 3/4/5 am. Most of the guys crashed here, in the vans, tents, hangar, etc. Barbecues; small market including Gato Heroi´s shapes, shorts; Surf Brewing beers... At taste of paradise. Or hell. This year´s … Continue reading Gliding Barnacles: Day Shift
On the road to somewhere was this year´s Gliding Barnacles festival tag line. Got there a little later than usual, but just in time for the night shift. This edition had night surfing going on, one of the many creative ideas that architect Miguel Figueira puts down. I could hear Amy Hewton´s screams in the … Continue reading Gliding Barnacles: The Night Shift
Stupid smartphone was, at last, sort of finished. It survived the asphalt and the rubber from the cars in Figueira da Foz for a while, but was now in a coma. Starting my trip back home and riding those 300 miles down south with no phone looked like the perfect way to finish this micro … Continue reading It´s A Narrow Open Road: Part V
Figueira da Foz is where I was born and my dearest place. Think I´ll never forget it´s long waves peeling off in the distance, one after the other as I walked back home from school at Rua do Pinhal. I love Algarve, where I live, the short winters and beautiful weather make me feel like … Continue reading It´s A Narrow Open Road: Part IV
Upwards over the mountain, Sintra mountain. As I expected the wind kind of stopped up here. Thought about checking Praia Grande, rang monster tube hunter Nic von Rupp, but he didn´t anwser. No reception inside Indo tubes... Time to enjoy my country´s feelings. Lost myself again and ended up at Magoito beach. Just how I … Continue reading It´s A Narrow Open Road: Part III
Alone at last. It is nice to have friends, wife and things, but it is better to have nothing. This was why I was traveling too, never got that thing: I want to find myself... I want to get rid of me! Get lost!!! Welcome to the dark side of the moon. This 100 km … Continue reading It´s A Narrow Open Road: Part II
Usually before a ride like this you would pack everything and go to bed early. I thought I was smarter and had a blast saying goodbye to Portimão: beer, red wine, gin tonic a bifana and more beer to top it off. Felt great about leaving this dump and had to celebrate. I had planned … Continue reading It´s A Narrow Open Road: Part I
Rode my Vespa to Figueira da Foz to see old friends, surf and shoot some photos. On one of the best days of surfing at Cabedelo, Eurico Gonçalves, former longboarding national champion and Gliding Barnacles event founder and organizer, rode this alternative wave craft. He caught a couple of nice ones and dodged the bigger … Continue reading Surf Pegasus
