The Swiss surfer girl that followed her heart...

Back in October, I was invited by my friend Alena Ehrenbold, to go to Hossegor to shoot & film with the Swiss Television for a program called Virus Voyage. As you probably guessed, this program  is about traveling, showcasing Swiss people around the globe.
Alena was fortunate to be called for an emission about people that live their passion, in this case the passion of surf.

The emission has just released, and just wanted to share it with you! Hope you guys understand German, if not, is anyway very fun to watch. You can see me at minute 17:18 if you're curious :)

Following too, some pics I did for that project.

Happy beginning of winter! Soon I'll be in Bali, taking pictures from where you'd rather be...
stay tuned!

Surfcamp for girls with pro surfer Alena Ehrenbold in Lanzarote

Hey guys, my friend and pro surfer Alena Ehrenbold is organizing a sweet surfcamp just for advanced surfer girls in the fabulous Lanzarote this upcoming November.


Alena started to organize her "SPS Surfcamps (Speed, power & style)" when she realized the very few possibilities for advanced surfer girls to get personal training and improve their technique without spending a fortune.

The girls enjoying this adventure will be guided and trained by Alena with specific training in a group of max 6 people to go to the next level!

If you have your own surfboard, you are able to ride a green wave and you are motivated to improve your surfing, join her this November 2015 to the SPS Surfcamp on Lanzarote!

These are the details:

Dates:
Week 1: Sunday 15.11.2015 – Saturday 21.11.2015
Week 2: Sunday 22.11. 2015 - Saturaday 28.11.2015

Group:
3 to 6 advanced, motivated surfer girls

Planning:
 6 days guiding and coaching, plus 2x video analyze per week

Accomodation:
An appartment with two terraces with view at the volcanoes at Famara (2 girls per room)


Getting Around:
By car to find the best working spot of the day and do some sight-seeing

Meals:
Breakfast and lunch package included

Price:
590.- Euro / week / person

For more information & reservations, please contact Alena directly in her email:  alena.ehrenbold@gmx.ch

Alena tow-in surfing big waves at Roka Puta, Basque Country last year

Alena & big wave rider Ibon Amatrain

Alena ripping in one of her travels

The house in Lanzarote

Accomodation in Lanzarote

Remember, we have a couple of Surf & Yoga travels coming in the next months for you to escape the winter blues to great destinations as Bali and Nicargua. Check all the info here!

Alena Ehrenbold, Big Wave challenge in the Basque Country

As I already told you in another post, I had the opportunity to document with my pictures a cool project with a Swiss crew of filmmakers and surfers.

Surfer Alena Ehrenbold together with the Swiss television are working together in a TV Series called “winter challenge” where viewers experience extreme sport adventures by the hand of athletes in breathtaking scenery.

The “winter challenge” series showcases athletes dedicated to their sports that are crazy enough to try something spectacular proposed by the program, and that essentially no one ever tried before.

The series are six athletes with one goal: To conquer a long cherished challenge during the winter. The heroine of the moment, in the SRF series “Winter Challenge” Alena Ehrenbold, has to surf XXL waves and challenging low temperatures to run a race against time to gigantic rock faces and deep gorges. This challenge develops in the Basque Country at the North of Spain, where Alena, was trained by big wave surfer, Ibon Amaitrain.

After this project, Alena is one of the first Swiss women to try to surf big waves, and one of the few European to dare along French surfer Justine Dupont

The program will be on air on the Swiss Channel SRF2, and also retransmitted online in their site around March 2015; so be sure to don’t miss this challenge if you can.

Here are the pictures I took of the project a few weeks ago. I hope you enjoy them!

When we arrived waves in Playa Gris were pumping perfectly..

Alena preparing herself in the port of Getaria 

Breath in

Ibon's getting ready

Alena struggling with her jacket

The beautiful colors of Getaria's port. Ibon setting up the jet sky

They arrived in Playa Gris and searching for something to catch 

They decided to change the spot, by the time Roka Puta started tu pump better

Perfect waves, sun, and perfect light... I'm so stoked to be here!

Many came to see this mother nature's spectacle

This is her 3rd attempt

She finally catches her first big wave

The Orrúa spot, next to Roka Puta had some amazing sets too. Only for the bravest!

Orrua panorama

While we wait another attempt, other free surfers are successfully catching some other sets

Huge drop

Perfect right

Watching so many water breaking like this, is just insane

Alena and Ibon, so happy after the good results

It was big everywhere.. here the Getaria panorama