A Surf Check for the Ages: Chasing Waves With Two of Europe’s Most Iconic Surf Photographers

The morning after the Gliding Barnacles festival the three of us loaded up into Simon’s 1981 Mercedes 220d sedan and set off to check Buarcos, Europe’s longest right-hander. Much like its left-handed sibling, Mundaka, the glory of the wave can be fickle. A lot of factors have to come together for it to become a freight train of wave and break for hundreds of meters along the scenic headland. 

Spoiler alert, if you were to judge only by the waves, we didn’t score. As we say in English, that’s life...