Surf trip to Morocco 1978.Surfed Bouznika mostly and Mohammedia beach break. Married a French Moroccan woman in met on that trip and ended up spending a lot of time surfing Morocco. Rabat Casa and Anchor point area. Back in the day Taghozout was a rough town. Absolutely love Morocco! Stayed with a French surfer who had a small place at Anchor point, his name was Speedo. Cant believe how crowded the surf is now!!!Also got down to Aglou south of Agadir.
What an interesting and provoking piece that contrasts opposing views to surf travel. I traveled to Taghazout about twenty years ago and could see the impact surf tourism was just starting to have. I met some locals who found me an apartment to rent and others pushing weed at outrageous prices. There was a seedy repressed vibe and women were hardly seen. Most of the locals seemed to want to take advantage of us while foreigners were doing the same; moving in to capitalize on the surf boom. In many surf destinations around the world the locals become the servants of the rich travelers and growth happens too fast to be sustainable. The profits made don’t stay in the local economy and the locals get priced out of their neighborhoods. Much respect to Azar for trying to preserve local customs and traditions. The world is becoming a smaller place and less interesting each year. If people and communities don’t make efforts to protect their unique heritage then it will replaced with western lifestyles and values.
Beautiful movie. As a life-long surfer who is planning to retire in Portugal, I am stoked to have Morocco as a place to hunt waves and enjoy the people and the culture....just as I have done in Baja and many other countries.
I proudly ride a Bear longboard made by Toughlite , shape by Randy Rarick, I bought it around 20 years ago. I also had a custom 7'10'' shaped by Bear Mirandon on the North Shore of Oahu in 1972. He was not related to Bear brand , he was called Bear. I remember he told me to reach as high as I could without jumping and it was 7'10'' so he shaped me a 7'10'' semi-gun for my first Hawaii board.
Surf tourism is good at the beginning (Money for people who don't have, cool vibes in the water) then BAD to very BAD... Look Bali. Too much people on a spot, pollution, poor people living on a land for generation getting expulsed for big Hotel company.... Surf tourism is disgusting these days... 🤙🏽
In Bali many of those locals are just waiting to sell their land. And then they’ll have a big chunk of money and don’t know what to do. I visited there last year after not going for twenty years. It had changed so much that I wish I’d stayed away.
Surf trip to Morocco 1978.Surfed Bouznika mostly and Mohammedia beach break. Married a French Moroccan woman in met on that trip and ended up spending a lot of time surfing Morocco. Rabat Casa and Anchor point area. Back in the day Taghozout was a rough town. Absolutely love Morocco! Stayed with a French surfer who had a small place at Anchor point, his name was Speedo. Cant believe how crowded the surf is now!!!Also got down to Aglou south of Agadir.
I surf Mohammedia yesterday!
Keep surfing, the DUKE K is smiling down on you and blessing all surfers! Aloha from westside Oahu Hawaii.
What an interesting and provoking piece that contrasts opposing views to surf travel. I traveled to Taghazout about twenty years ago and could see the impact surf tourism was just starting to have. I met some locals who found me an apartment to rent and others pushing weed at outrageous prices. There was a seedy repressed vibe and women were hardly seen. Most of the locals seemed to want to take advantage of us while foreigners were doing the same; moving in to capitalize on the surf boom.
In many surf destinations around the world the locals become the servants of the rich travelers and growth happens too fast to be sustainable. The profits made don’t stay in the local economy and the locals get priced out of their neighborhoods. Much respect to Azar for trying to preserve local customs and traditions. The world is becoming a smaller place and less interesting each year. If people and communities don’t make efforts to protect their unique heritage then it will replaced with western lifestyles and values.
Hey thanks for this. Thanks for showing some respect to Moroccan culture and tradition.
Beautiful movie. As a life-long surfer who is planning to retire in Portugal, I am stoked to have Morocco as a place to hunt waves and enjoy the people and the culture....just as I have done in Baja and many other countries.
Bravo yessf drouiche❤
Youssef the legend 🏄♂️🏄♂️🌊🌊🌊🇲🇦🇲🇦
THIS IS VERY PERFECT WELCOME TO MY CITY OF MORROCO SURFING
thanks for this nice blend of surf and travel, I could watch hours of this!
I proudly ride a Bear longboard made by Toughlite , shape by Randy Rarick, I bought it around 20 years ago.
I also had a custom 7'10'' shaped by Bear Mirandon on the North Shore of Oahu in 1972.
He was not related to Bear brand , he was called Bear.
I remember he told me to reach as high as I could without jumping and it was 7'10'' so he shaped me a 7'10'' semi-gun for my first Hawaii board.
I had a Bear Mirandon board too. Geez that was in 1968 I believe. I've also had two Bear surfboards shaped locally in Encinitas.
EL JADIDA
nice one! 🙌🙌🙌
Surf tourism is good at the beginning (Money for people who don't have, cool vibes in the water) then BAD to very BAD... Look Bali. Too much people on a spot, pollution, poor people living on a land for generation getting expulsed for big Hotel company.... Surf tourism is disgusting these days... 🤙🏽
live many other things, there should be limits. We can’t abuse a special place
In Bali many of those locals are just waiting to sell their land. And then they’ll have a big chunk of money and don’t know what to do.
I visited there last year after not going for twenty years. It had changed so much that I wish I’d stayed away.
I ❤ Imesouane
soory for droping in that one