Seems like theres a few people down in the dumps on here, so i thought I would write about my experience last week.

I work on a boat in the Mediterranean and last week we had to stop in the island of Menorca, as there was a large storm brewing and we were in no rush to get to our destination.
We knew there would be waves somewhere, as the swell charts were saying 3mtr + of swell.
We checked a map, rented a car and drove to a beach that looked like it had some potential.
We surfed a nice enough wind blown right hander that day, and returned to the boat happy.
The next day there was still a bit of swell around, so we drove back to the same beach, to find that it was flat, although we could see there was still some swell around.
After a bit more driving to other near by beaches, we had given up and were heading home when we saw two cars with boards on the roof, a quick handbrake U turn and all of a sudden we were asking in our best broken spanish where the waves were, not really expecting any help.
These guys faces lit up and told us to follow them, so after a drive down a ****ty 4wd track, then a 30 min walk, we stumbled over the hill to be greated with shoulder to head high pointbreak, with 3 other guys out.
Complete locals secret spot that these guys shared with us. We spent the next few hours hooting these local boys into some of the funnest waves I have surfed in a long time.
When it was too dark to surf anymore, everyone walked back to the cars, and we broke out the beers and talked surfing for another hour.

The good side of surfing is still out there, it just seems like back in Aus everyone is so focused on shredding every wave possible and there are so many crew doing it that the original brotherhood has disappeared, its only when you go to these out of the way places that you get a glimpse into how it must have been years ago.
Best experience in years

^^^^^great story mate. even living on the gold coast i have cool stories like that, yeh i got some horror stories,but i got some that are just the tonic to make ya smile. get stoked or get ****ed you miserable farkers

Great story DrD.....nice to see that the stoke is alive and well for you over there. I think that a lot of the attitude you hear about over on these shores is mainly restricted to the heavily populated metro areas and other more known spots. I have travelled a lot around Australia and have never really had any issues in the water. Where I live there is stoke in abundance and a grew vibe in the water 99% of the time. The only time it rears up is when a bunch of Sydneysiders turn up thinking that its Manly or Bondi and behave accordingly. They soon realise that that sort of attitude is not required. Personally I think it all comes down to your own outlook - if you are happy and smiling and polite then people are generally nice and friendly towards you. Makes for enjoyable fun times in the water. Keep up the stoke.

Hey DrD

I found this on the north coast of Mallorca when I was also working on the boats, this was on no swell so you can really see the potential
Worth a look if you get over there 2009

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Nice one Torch, I knew Mallorca had a lot of potential, the Mistral pumps nearly every week.
If you worked on the boats, you might recognise these photos, South of France last year



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Hey DrD

I found this on the north coast of Mallorca when I was also working on the boats, this was on no swell so you can really see the potential
Worth a look if you get over there 2009

Oooops, doubled up there, still new to this forum stuff