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Hits:	28511
Online Status:	OFFLINE
Member Since:	7 years ago
Last Online:	2 months ago
Last Updated:	4 years ago
Connections:	48
Forum Ranking:	Platinum Boarder
Total Posts:	168
Karma:	110

My Surf Profile

Surfing Since:	1987
Stance:	Can't stand up
Boards I surf:	Shortboard / Thruster, Longboard, Single / Retro, Mini-Mal / Hybrid
Surf Experience:	Established (6-9 yrs)
Surf Level:	Stand Up Surfer
Surf Frequency:	Occasionally during year
Favourites Spots:	Puerto Veijo, Peru Tiger Stripes, Maldive Cabo Ledo, Angola
My Biggest Wave:	Double Overhead
Prefered Wave Size:	Head-High
Favourite Type of Spot:	Right Pointbreak, Left Pointbreak
Prefered Tricks:	Roller Frontside, Tube, Floater
My Best Ever Session:	Long sundays at Caboledo in 1997. Good friends, great waves (sometimes), warm water.... Surfing shoulder high waves, in (relatively) warm water, alone but with dolphins for company: Puerto Viejo, Peru 2004
Biggest Fear or Wipe out:	Hold-downs - I have terrible lung capacity!, Slammed into the sand in mid-sized Ocean Beach (NZ not SF!) and Biggest Fear, never getting to live near the ocean again...aaaggghhhh
Favourite Surfers:	Tom Curren,
Most Recent Contest:	yeah...right...

My Quiver

Shape:	Mini-Mal / Hybrid
Fins:	3- Thrusther
Shaper:	Randy Rarick
Size x Width x Thickness:	8.022 3/4
Condition:	Still Sexy
Make and Technology:	TufTech - hard as nails
Tail:	round
Bottom:	Flat
Type of Fins:	FCS
Year Made:	1999
Year Bought:	2000
My Opinion About:	Quite possibly the best all-round travel board in the world; indestructible and yet good in most conditions. Easy paddle in, steady as a rock and yet manouvrable.
Session Memories:	Maldives 2002 with Randy!
Shape:	Longboard
Fins:	1- Single
Shaper:	Glen D'arcy
Size x Width x Thickness:	9.0 x ? x ?
Condition:	Still Sexy
Tail:	round
Bottom:	Flat
Type of Fins:	one r
Year Made:	1998
Year Bought:	1998
My Opinion About:	Beautiful
Session Memories:	Liencres 2004, tiny waves breaking off the small rock platform.

My Surftrips

Last Surftrips:	So long ago I can't remember.... last real surf-trip was two weeks in Anglet in France, August 2005. Sneaking in sessions between family time, one epic swell - not huge but clean and windless for two days.
Next Surftrips:	Lake Leman, Switzerland.
Travel Frequency:	Once a year
Travel Duration:	2 or 3 weeks
Travel Partner:	Yes, but he/she/kids doesn't surf
Search a travel partner:	No
Travel Comfort:	Quality of Accomodation / Comfort, Lack of crowds

Personnal info

City:	Geneva
Country:	Switzerland
Gender:	Male
Surfer Age:	Pushing it (30-40yrs)
Status:	Married with Kids
What I love:	warm water.
What I hate:	cold water. The Da Vinci Code, American films where they explain the plot to you (Sleven).
Occupation:	Senior manager
Home Town:	London
Spoken Languages:	English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Activities:	Surf, Scuba, Golf, Snowboard, Rock climbing
Other activities:	motorbikes
Favourite Music:	Manic Street Preachers, The Smiths, Elvis, Mozart
Favourite Surf Movies:	Riding Giants,Thicker than Water, Purto Underground Dos, September Sessions and... Searching for Tom Curren.
Favourite Movies:	Fight Club, Lord of War, Desperado, Underground, Casablanca, Roman Holiday
Favourite Books:	Cry, the Beloved Country, Instance of the Fingerpost, The Catastrophist, Love in a time of Cholera

Surfed Spots

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Nb of surf spots: 98

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Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Angola
6 surf spots

Barra da Kwanza			All surfers	Right and left	Reef-rocky	0 / 0	1		1
Buraco			All surfers	Left	Beach-break	0 / 0	4
Cabo Ledo			Beginners wave	Left	Point-break	1 / 1	14	2	2
Miradouro			All surfers	Left	Point-break	0 / 0	3
Shipwreck			Experienced surfers	Left	Beach-break	0 / 0	3		1
Sumbe			Experienced surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	1
Brazil
1 surf spots
Rio de Janeiro City
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Leblon			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	1 / 1	68	5	1
Costa rica
12 surf spots
Guanacaste
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Mal Pais- Santa Teresa			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 1	373	32	19
Mar Azul			Experienced surfers	Left	Reef-coral	0 / 1	24
Olgas			All surfers	Right	Point-break	0 / 0	3
Playa Avellana			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 4	276	14	9
Playa Coyote			Experienced surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	8
Playa Grande			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 6	338	17	9
Playa Negra			Experienced surfers	Right	Reef-rocky	0 / 1	194	11	4
Playa Nosara			All surfers	0	0	0 / 0	49
Santa Teresa			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 1	222	17	11
Tamarindo			All surfers	Right and left	Reef-rocky	0 / 4	404	9	17
Pacific South
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Hermosa			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 5	438	26	19
The Tree			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 1	120	9	5
France
18 surf spots
Basque Country
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Anglet - Chambre d Amour			Experienced surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 3	365	12	9
Anglet Les Cavaliers			All surfers	Right and left	Sand-bar	0 / 3	321	25	12
Biarritz - Grande Plage			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 2	449	11	23
Hendaye			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 10	228	4	6
La Barre			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	143	4	8
Brittany South
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Baie des Trépassés			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 5	74	5	5
La Torche			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	5 / 17	134	10	9
Pors Carn			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	1 / 1	32	2	3
Gironde
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Dune du Pyla			Beginners wave	0	0	0 / 0	15		7
Grand Crohot			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	2 / 142	80	11	3
La Jenny			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 23	36	2	3
Lacanau			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	1 / 24	417	23	9
Le Porge			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	1 / 42	110	7	5
Landes
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
La Graviere			Pros or kamikaze only...	Right and left	Sand-bar	0 / 1	274	13	16
Le Penon			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 8	285	12	6
Les Estagnots			Experienced surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 10	326	12	6
Messanges			All surfers	Right and left	Sand-bar	0 / 6	108		3
Moliets			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	200	4	4
Israel
4 surf spots

Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Hilton			All surfers	Right and left	Reef-rocky	0 / 1	31	1	4
Marina			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	3 / 3	11	1	1
Sidney Ali ( Herzelia )			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	1 / 1	2
Zvulun Beach			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	1 / 1	9	1
Maldives
2 surf spots

Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Five Islands			All surfers	Right	Reef-coral	0 / 0	1
Sultan's			Experienced surfers	Right	Reef-coral	0 / 4	87	5	7
Morocco
1 surf spots
North
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Jack beach			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	26	1	5
New Zealand
7 surf spots
NE Coast
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Forestry			Experienced surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	18	1	4
Ocean Beach			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	20		3
Tawharanui			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 1	28		6
West Coast Auckland
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Karekare			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 1	41	1	8
Piha			Experienced surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 3	146	4	7
Raglan - Manu Bay			Experienced surfers	Left	Reef-rocky	0 / 1	177	11	7
Raglan - Whale Bay			Experienced surfers	Left	Reef-rocky	0 / 0	89	9	7
Peru
17 surf spots
Lima
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Arica			Experienced surfers	Right and left	Reef-rocky	0 / 0	14
Caballeros			Experienced surfers	Right	Point-break	0 / 4	91	2	4
Cerro Azul			All surfers	Left	Point-break	0 / 11	69	1	3
La Herradura			Experienced surfers	Left	Point-break	0 / 1	29	2	5
La Isla			Experienced surfers	Right	Reef-rocky	0 / 6	82	5	5
Penascal			Experienced surfers	Right and left	Point-break	0 / 1	19	2	3
Puerto Viejo			All surfers	Left	Point-break	0 / 3	66	9
Pulpos			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	6
Punta Rocas			All surfers	Right and left	Reef-rocky	0 / 3	93	10	3
Punta Roquitas			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 2	45	3	3
San Bartolo			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 33	59	3	3
Señoritas			Experienced surfers	Left	Point-break	0 / 0	72	4	5
North
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Chicama			Experienced surfers	Left	Point-break	0 / 2	119	14	29
Huanchaco			All surfers	Left	Point-break	0 / 1	83	5	3
Lobitos			Experienced surfers	Left	Reef-rocky	0 / 3	98	4	4
Mancora			All surfers	Left	Reef-rocky	0 / 2	132	4	7
Punta Ballenas			Experienced surfers	Left	Reef-rocky	0 / 0	5
Polynesia
3 surf spots
Tahiti
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Paparaa			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	42	3
Papenoo			Beginners wave	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	24	1
Papenoo Rivermouth			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	17	2
Portugal
9 surf spots
Algarve
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Arrifana			Experienced surfers	Right	Point-break	1 / 1	327	31	13
Carrapateira			Experienced surfers	Left	Beach-break	0 / 5	243	21	14
Figueiros			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	1 / 1	29	5	11
Monte Clerigo			Experienced surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	1 / 1	77	7	7
Zavial			Experienced surfers	Right and left	Point-break	0 / 1	158	10	9
Central Ericeira
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Ribeira D'Ilhas			All surfers	Right	Point-break	0 / 2	253	17	13
Central Peniche
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Baleal Sul			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	10 / 12	213	6	9
Consolaçao			Experienced surfers	Right	Point-break	1 / 3	97	4	12
Lagide			Experienced surfers	Left	Reef-rocky	1 / 4	231	13	14
South Africa
9 surf spots
Cape Town
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Koeelbay (caves)			Experienced surfers	Right	Beach-break	0 / 0	63	5	5
Scarborough Point			All surfers	Left	Point-break	0 / 0	49	1	1
Durban
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
New Pier			Experienced surfers	Right and left	breakwater/jetty	0 / 0	103	1	3
North Beach			All surfers	Right	Beach-break	1 / 1	54	1	2
Snake park			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	53		1
East Coast North
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Umhlanga Rocks			Experienced surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	31		1
Hibiscous Coast
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
St Michaels			Experienced surfers	Right	Point-break	0 / 1	32	2	1
South J Bay
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Impossibles			Experienced surfers	Right	Point-break	1 / 1	29	1	4
The Point			All surfers	Right	Point-break	2 / 2	73	3	9
Spain
3 surf spots
Cantabria
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Liencres			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 4	113	10	3
Oyambre			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 1	76	10	1
Playa de La Concha			Beginners wave	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 0	32		3
Switzerland
1 surf spots

Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Embouch point			All surfers	Left	Reef-artificial	1 / 1	3		2
UK
4 surf spots
Devon North
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Croyde			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 8	248	17	1
Lynmouth			Experienced surfers	Left	Point-break	0 / 1	36	1
Saunton Sands			All surfers	Right and left	Beach-break	0 / 3	161	6
Spekes mill			Experienced surfers	Right and left	Reef-rocky	0 / 0	15
United States of America
1 surf spots
LA County
Surf Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session	SS	HS	WL
Topanga Point			Experienced surfers	Right	Point-break	1 / 1	173	10	4

Surf Sessions

Surf sessions of Pisco23

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Surf session counter: 38

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	Date	Surf spot	Wind direction	Waves height
Show	19-12-2012	Leblon	No wind	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	26-07-2012	Topanga Point	Offshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	09-07-2011	La Torche	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	07-07-2011	Pors Carn	Offshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	04-07-2011	La Torche		Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	03-07-2011	La Torche	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	31-12-2010	Marina	Onshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	27-07-2010	Grand Crohot	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	26-07-2010	Grand Crohot	Onshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	25-07-2010	Lacanau	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	24-07-2010	Le Porge	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	10-07-2010	La Torche	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	07-07-2010	La Torche	No wind	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	22-07-2009	The Point		1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft
Show	21-07-2009	The Point		1.5m / 5ft
Show	20-07-2009	Impossibles		1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	15-07-2009	North Beach	No wind	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	01-08-2008	Consolaçao	Onshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	31-07-2008	Baleal Sul	No wind	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	28-07-2008	Baleal Sul	Onshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	27-07-2008	Baleal Sul	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	24-07-2008	Baleal Sul	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	23-07-2008	Baleal Sul	Offshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	22-07-2008	Baleal Sul	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	21-07-2008	Baleal Sul	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	07-07-2008	Embouch point	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	15-02-2008	Marina	Onshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	03-09-2007	Baleal Sul	No wind	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	02-09-2007	Baleal Sul	No wind	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	30-08-2007	Lagide	Onshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	24-08-2007	Figueiros	Onshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	23-08-2007	Monte Clerigo	Onshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	21-08-2007	Arrifana	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	17-02-2007	Sidney Ali ( Herzelia )	No wind	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	16-02-2007	Zvulun Beach	Onshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	15-02-2007	Marina	Onshore	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show	20-10-2006	Cabo Ledo	Onshore	Less than 1m / 3ft
Show	30-11-00-1	Baleal Sul	No wind	Less than 1m / 3ft

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Surf Trips

Surf trips of Pisco23

Surf trip counter: 10

	Surf trip title	Begining date	End date	Sessions
Show	Family vacation in LA	12 July 2012	11 August 2012	1
Show	annual week in brittany	03 July 2011	08 July 2011	4
Show	week in Brittany	03 July 2010	10 July 2010	2
Show	Road Trip - South Africa	14 July 2009	23 July 2009	4
Show	Return to Peniche	21 July 2008	02 August 2008	9
Show	Not a surf-trip II	14 February 2008	23 February 2008	1
Show	Portugal	20 August 2007	03 September 2007	6
Show	Not a surf trip...	15 February 2007	23 February 2007	3
Show	Return to Angola	20 October 2006	21 October 2006	1
Show	Northern Peru	14 February 2001	28 February 2001	0

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Date	Subject	Category	Hits
04/11/2012 16:49:36	April 11 - 2012 - Tsunami Alert INDONESIA	Tsunami Contact Board	1300
07/27/2006 15:32:48	Date stamping Lists	Bugs and Enhancements	1428
04/24/2007 23:04:48	help with questionaire	General	2247
03/11/2011 13:46:49	Massive 8.8 Quake under Japan	Tsunami Contact Board	1066
08/03/2012 05:17:19	McTavish 6'4 Bobsled - LA area	Stuff to sell...??	1155
08/05/2010 17:02:41	Plague hits... Chicama!!	World Spots	2524
07/27/2006 15:34:25	Plotting Spot Lists	Bugs and Enhancements	659
07/24/2007 17:27:33	Portugal or Morocco - with a family	General	1632
06/13/2007 14:04:41	Re:	World Spots	6485
12/01/2009 03:59:59	RE: Top surfed spots on Wannasurf	World Spots	10073

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