NAZARÉ CHALLENGE 2016

While John John was reigning victorious at the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal, the big wave surfers were further up the coast taking on Nazaré.
Courtesy: Turismo do Centro de Portugal

Win a Sharps Adventure to Nazare or Ireland with Cotty

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No doubt you have seen shots like the one above, or video of Andrew Cotton taking on huge waves in Portugal and Ireland, but would you like to go and witness it for yourself, and take friend along too?

Cotty has teamed up with Sharp’s Brewery for a second year running to give 12 people the chance to win a trip of a lifetime and accompany him on a big wave surf adventure.

The award winning brewery based in Rock, North Cornwall is offering a money can’t buy experience as part of its ‘There’s an Adventure Brewing’ competition.

The competition places 12 winners at the heart of the adventure chasing a swell with Andrew in search of the biggest and best waves the world can offer.

Come the autumn, when tide, wind and swell come together, Andrew and six winners, with a guest each, will be whisked away to experience some of the most terrifying waves ever surfed. Winners will experience first-hand the painstaking build-up, the epic wipeouts and the amazing rescues that only big waves can offer.

The two-night, all expenses-paid trip will offer a no holds barred look into the life of a fearless big wave surfer, as Cotty and his team prepare to take on the elements.

To win the chance to feel the thunder of mountainous seas rattling the cliffs of Nazare and watch one of the world’s best big wave surfers take on the world’s biggest waves just enter your details at:

www.sharpsadventure.co.uk

pic: Vitor Estrelinha courtesy Nazaré council

Will Skudin Going Big At Nazaré…

Will Skudin is a name you’ll know as he’s one of the growing ex-pat crew that have been adding some international flavour to the line ups in Donegal Bay. Not content with throwing himself over the ledge at Mullaghmore he’s been down in Portugal, with it seems most of Europe’s big wave fraternity, having a pop at paddling the most tricky big wave beachbreak in the world: Nazaré.

Here’s a wave many are calling the biggest yet paddled there. As with all big wave surfing you’ve got to pay the piper and the end  result of this is one of those moments that’ll make your lungs shrivel and cringe. Because here’s the rub: Nazaré doesn’t run in to a nice safe channel. It’s a wedgey beachbreak. It closes out on the inside. A place otherwise best described as salty hell. Thankfully inflation vests and a talented rescue crew on the skis make taking it on that bit safer.