About

The author in Seychelles

This blog reviews surf spots around the world for beginner/intermediate surfers and digital nomads. I try to stay in each area for at least a whole lunar cycle (approximately one month) to get a sense of how the breaks change with different tides (spring tide, neap tide, and everything in between). I cover the quality of the waves for that time of year as well as the food, lodging, transportation, and remote work infrastructure.

I started surfing in 2008 and longboarded on and off for some years in California before going on hiatus to pursue other hobbies (rock climbing, parkour, flying trapeze). I returned to surfing after the pandemic but switched to the shortboard because I felt it fit my energy better. If longboarding is ballet*, then shortboarding is hip hop. I'm definitely more of a hip hop girl.

Now that I'm an ISA-certified surf instructor, I look at surf breaks with an eye to their suitability as a teaching ground. Every break I check out, I ask myself if it's a place I would teach beginners how to surf.

*My mom sent me to ballet school to correct my posture but I struggled with how slow and soporific it was. The teacher had a stick up her bum, the tutus were itchy, and my stockings kept falling down. My mother, bless her heart, would have had to get me stoned so I could fit the image of a dainty little girl she had hoped I would become.