BIG WAVE
BASQUE COUNTRY
The book of the history of big waves in the Basque Country
Its authors Javier Amezaga and Borja Peñeñori have an extensive history of participation in all kinds of events related to the surf industry in Euskadi; co-founders of the magazine Tres60 (3sesenta) in 1987, of the Punta Galea Challenge Championship and of the Surfing Challenge publishing house, organizers of the Surfing Euskadi exhibition at Itsamuseum Bilbao…
When the big swells arrive in the Bay of Biscay, the extensive variety of breaks on the Basque Coast is reduced to a few select reefs with the right orientation and bottoms to form huge surfable waves. It is one of the key points of the world “Big Wave Surfing” where every year the best international specialists come to share these sessions with a respected community of local surfers, always attentive to receive these swells, including some whose names have made a place for themselves in the world elite.
The history, the spots, the best sessions, the industry and all the aspects that revolve around this discipline in the Basque Country are dealt with in this book, and it is its protagonists who provide the story and the image.