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Locked down in Sri Lanka

Military controlled curfews, empty waves and the same dilemna faced by surfers all over the world right now. To surf or not to surf? The Wavelength community is a truly global one. Over the last 7 weeks we have been…

By Will Hayler

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#stanceforscrubs

Thursdays at 20:00 is now synonymous with standing on our doorsteps clapping as loudly as we can to show our appreciation for those on the frontline. For most of us, the stay at home routine is now part of everyday…

By Will Hayler

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Trouble In Paradise: Lockdown In The Mentawais

Being stranded on a tropical island with perfect empty waves breaking just out front is most surfer’s idea of paradise. And for a while, it was. A month back we caught up with Guy Morgan, operator of Mentawai Surf Co,…

By Luke Gartside

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Are We Witnessing The Death Of The Global Surf Industry?

The surf industry is quite used to teetering on the edge of apocalypse. Mass layoffs, bankruptcies, team-riders slashed; these stories regularly come across our desks, virus or no virus. However, there’s no doubt this current round of chaos represents a…

By Luke Gartside

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On Reflection Of Course We Should Not Be Surfing

Across Europe we are in lockdown. It is that simple. We are all glued to our phones and it surely cannot have passed people by that this is serious. Beyond loss of earnings, long term economic impact we are collectively…

By Will Hayler

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“If You Don’t Live Here, Don’t Bring Your Germs Here” Say Europe’s Coastal Communities

A few hours before France’s nationwide lockdown came into force at Tuesday midday, packed trains were leaving Paris, carrying hordes of off work Parisians, fleeing to the coast. Guess what? The locals in the places they were heading to were…

By Paul Evans

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Panic Buying Could Cause Lineups To Fill Up With Sewage

Across the continent supermarket shelves are empty, schools are closed and people are being told to stay indoors. Surfing is banned in France, Spain Portugal and beyond while in Blighty lineups overflow, at least for the time being, with surfers…

By Luke Gartside

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Police Clear Lineup For Midday Lockdown in Europe’s Surfing Capital

I woke up at 4am today. Might have had something to do with going to bed at 9, but not just that; I was troubled by the thought of at least two weeks on lockdown. The forecast for the whole…

By Paul Evans

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Surfing Banned Across Mainland Europe Amid Corona Virus Lockdown

On Saturday night Portugal’s national maritime authority announced on its website that all beach-based sports and leisure activities involving crowds are now forbidden across the country, as well as on the islands of Madeira and the Azores. While there is…

By Luke Gartside

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