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Hits	9721
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Member Since	07/02/2006 14:11:01
Last Online	11/23/2009 19:17:42
Last Updated	06/05/2007 13:47:36
Forum Ranking	Moderator
Total Posts	46
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Friends	23

My Surf Profile

Surfing Since:	1989
Stance:	Goofy
Boards I surf:	Shortboard / Thruster; Longboard; Skimboard; Single / Retro
Surf Experience:	Experienced (10-19 yrs)
Surf Level:	Smackin the lip
Surf Frequency:	Once or twice a week
Local Spots:	Le Porge, Le Gurp
Favourites Spots:	Taapuna, La torche, Le Gurp
My Biggest Wave:	Tripple Overhead
Prefered Wave Size:	Double Overhead
Favourite Type of Spot:	I love them all
Prefered Tricks:	Bottom Turn; Roller Backside; Tube; Cutback
My Best Ever Session:	Taapuna, 1995, With dolphins and turtles. 1,5m, glassy and of course hollow
Biggest Fear or Wipe out:	At Pors Pouhlan in 2003: I have been caught on a reef by a sudden rise of swell from 2m to 4m in just a minutes ! I couldn't go back to the ground because of the rocks and I tried to escape from the biggest sets for more than half an hour. We were only 2 guys out and the second one has finished in the rocks, hopefully with no injures...
Favourite Surfers:	Rob Machado

My Quiver

All about my boards !
Board 1
Shape:	Shortboard
Fins:	3- Thrusther
Shaper:	Rusty - Aiko
Size x Width x Thickness:	6,2" x 18' 1/4 x 2' 3/4
Condition:	Brand New
Make and Technology:	Classic foam / polyester
Tail:	round
Bottom:	Concave
Type of Fins:	FCS G5 Carbon
Rails, Specifics:	It's a Rusty Project board. Best surfed with a the back foot. Need a good positionning to allow the concave to work properly.
Year Made:	2006
Year Bought:	2006
My Opinion About:	Maybe the best board I ever had. Difficult to surf but really quick !!
Session Memories:	The first one when I discover how good it was...
Board 2
Shape:	Shortboard
Fins:	3- Thrusther
Shaper:	spider
Size x Width x Thickness:	6,4
Condition:	Well Used
Make and Technology:	classic
Tail:	rounded squash
Bottom:	Flat
Type of Fins:	classic
Year Made:	1999
Year Bought:	1999
My Opinion About:	4x4 board, never incredible nowhere but always good. The one I will take in a surftrip where I don't kown the type of wave I will have
Board 3
Shape:	Shortboard
Fins:	3- Thrusther
Shaper:	Chevallier
Size x Width x Thickness:	6.8
Condition:	Brand New
Make and Technology:	Classic
Tail:	round
Bottom:	Concave; Double Concave
Type of Fins:	FC5
Year Made:	2006
Year Bought:	2007
My Opinion About:	My solid waves board. Very good in hollow waves and the paddle is really easy.
Session Memories:	not much for now
Board 4
Shape:	Big Wave Gun
Fins:	3- Thrusther
Size x Width x Thickness:	7.2
Condition:	Showing its age
Make and Technology:	classic
Tail:	pintail
Bottom:	Flat
Type of Fins:	classic
Year Made:	1994
Year Bought:	1995
My Opinion About:	Bought in Huahine, this is a big wave board. I only surf it twice a year. When it will be broken, I will shape absolutely the same.
Session Memories:	All because it's mean that the wave are big for me!
Board 5
Shape:	Fish Style
Fins:	2- Fish
Shaper:	Maurice Cole
Size x Width x Thickness:	6'1"x 21' (!!)
Condition:	Brand New
Make and Technology:	Classic
Tail:	swallow
Bottom:	Concave
Type of Fins:	FCS
Year Made:	2006
My Opinion About:	INCREDIBLE. It has became my main board. It's so fast and fun to surf! I recommend this type of board for usual surf conditions: you take more waves and you surf better!
Year Bought:	2007
Session Memories:	Lacanau,05/2007, in one meter conditions

My Surftrips

Last Surftrips:	Japan, Bretagne south
Next Surftrips:	Japan. And I want to go to West Australia
Travel Frequency:	2 or 3 times a year
Travel Duration:	One Week
Travel Partner:	Yes and he/she/kids surfs
Search a travel partner:	No
Travel Comfort:	Proximity to good waves; Lack of crowds

Personnal info

City:	Pessac
Country:	France
Gender:	Male
Surfer Age:	Pushing it (30-40yrs)
Status:	Married with Kids
Occupation:	Senior manager
Home Town:	Cherbourg
Spoken Languages:	English; French
Skype:	yannator2811
Activities:	Surf; Roller; Snowboard; Mountain biking
Other activities:	Books
Favourite Music:	all !
Favourite Surf Movies:	Thicker than water, Tom Curren
Favourite Books:	Generation X, Cioran, l'art d'avoir toujours raison, Stormrider

Surfed Spots

My Surfed Spots by Yann

Favourite lists

Nb of spots: 81

My Surfed Spots map

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France
Nb spots: 63
Basque Country
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Anglet - Chambre d Amour			experienced surfers	right and left	beach-break	1 / 2	305	5	6
Anglet - Marinella			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 1	201	3	6
Bidart			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 2	209	8	2
Lafiténia			experienced surfers	right	reef-rocky	2 / 4	128	13	8
Brittany North
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
La Palue			experienced surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 10	60	4	2
Lostmarc'h			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	2 / 11	36	3	3
Brittany South
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Anse du Ris			beginners wave	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	15		2
Audierne - La Gamelle			experienced surfers	right and left	reef-rocky	0 / 0	11		2
Baie des Trépassés			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	2 / 2	60	4	2
Gwendrez			all surfers	left	beach-break	0 / 0	10	1	2
La Torche			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	3 / 6	110	7	3
Les Roches Blanches - le Leyde			experienced surfers	left	point-break	0 / 0	8	1	1
Plovan			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	1 / 4	6		1
Pors Carn			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	23	1	1
Pors Poulhan			experienced surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	1		1
Saint Tugen			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	2 / 3	33	1	1
Tronoen			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	4 / 4	26	1	1
Charente maritime
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Ile de Ré - Le lizay			all surfers		beach-break	0 / 0	31	2	2
Gironde
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Cap Ferret			all surfers	right and left	sand-bar	0 / 0	77	2	3
Grand Crohot			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	63 / 80	68	9	2
La Jenny			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	5 / 8	31	2	2
La Torchere			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	21		4
Lacanau			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	9 / 19	356	17	7
Lacanau Supersud			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	5 / 5	74	3	5
Le Cimetière			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	2 / 3	8		3
Le Gurp			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	24 / 27	44	3	2
Le Pin Sec			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	8 / 11	49		4
Le Porge			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	23 / 27	95	6	4
Le Truc Vert			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	1 / 2	66	3	4
Le Verdon			experienced surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	15		4
Le petit train			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	27		4
Mascaret St Pardon			beginners wave	right and left	sand-bar	0 / 0	6	1
Montalivet			all surfers	right and left	sand-bar	0 / 0	59		1
Soulac			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	65	2
Landes
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Biscarrosse			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	14 / 16	188	2	5
Capbreton - Le Prevent			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 1	232	5	8
Dune du Pyla			beginners wave			0 / 0	13		6
La Lette Blanche			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	1 / 2	14		3
La Piste			experienced surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 4	177	8	7
Le Penon			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	1 / 6	233	9	5
Le Santocha			experienced surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 1	69	2	3
Les Estagnots			experienced surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 10	268	9	4
Messanges			all surfers	right and left	sand-bar	0 / 3	90		2
Mimizan			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 2	207	4	5
Plage des Casernes			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 1	68	4	1
St. Girons Plage			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	87	4	3
Mediterranean
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Palavas les Flots			beginners wave	right and left	beach-break	0 / 1	17		2
Normandy
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Anse du Brick			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	2 / 2	17	2	1
Biville			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	2 / 2	12		2
Bretteville			all surfers	left	beach-break	0 / 0	4		2
Collignon			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 1	6	2	2
Dielette Harbour			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	4		2
La Mondrée			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	1 / 1	1		1
Le Grand Large			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	8		1
Le Rozel			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	2 / 13	29	1	1
Nez Bayard			experienced surfers	right and left	reef-rocky	2 / 2	1	1	1
Sciotot			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 29	18		1
Siouville			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	4 / 10	32	3	1
Vauville			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	4		1
Vendee
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Bud Bud			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 2	69	3	1
La Sauzaie			experienced surfers	right and left	point-break	0 / 2	58	2	2
La Terriere			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 1	32		2
Le Phare du Groin du Cou			all surfers	right	point-break	0 / 0	18		5
Japan
Nb spots: 4
Kanagawa Chiba
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Ichinomiya			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	9
Taito			all surfers		beach-break	0 / 0	13		2
Okinawa
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Suicide Cliffs			all surfers	right and left	reef-coral	1 / 1	7		1
West Coast
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Ataka			all surfers	right and left	breakwater/jetty	7 / 7	2
Polynesia
Nb spots: 12
Tahiti
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Faaone			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	12	1	1
La Fayette			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	7		2
Orofara			all surfers	right	point-break	0 / 0	5	1
PK15			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	8
Paparaa			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	31	2
Paparaa - Outer Reefs			pros or kamikaze only...	right and left	reef-coral	0 / 0	7	1	1
Papenoo			beginners wave	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	19	1
Papenoo Rivermouth			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	12	1
Rocky Point			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	10		1
Sapinus			experienced surfers	left	reef-coral	0 / 0	9	1	4
Sapinus Beach Break			all surfers	right and left	beach-break	0 / 0	12		1
Taapuna			experienced surfers	left	reef-coral	0 / 0	12	3	4
Spain
Nb spots: 2
Pais Vasco
Spot	GPS	Atlas Rate	Level	Direction	Type	Session logs	SS	HS	WL
Mundaka			experienced surfers	left	rivermouth	0 / 4	176	22	40
Ogella			experienced surfers	right and left	reef-rocky	0 / 0	8		1

Surf Sessions

Surf Logbook by yann

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Nb of Sessions: 194

Sessions: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10

	Date	Spot	Session's Rate	Wind direction	Wind Strength	Lentgh of the surf session	Waves height
Show session	2009-11-21	Le Gurp		sideshore	established	2:00 hours
Show session	2009-11-11	Le Gurp		offshore	established	1:30 hours	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show session	2009-10-31	La Torche		sideshore	established	2 hours	1.5m-2m /5ft-6ft
Show session	2009-10-30	Lostmarc'h		offshore	light	1:30 hours	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show session	2009-10-29	Tronoen		offshore	established	1:30 hours	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show session	2009-10-28	La Torche		offshore	light	1:30 hours	2m-2.5m / 6ft-8ft
Show session	2009-10-27	La Torche		offshore	established	2:0 hours	2.5m-3m / 8ft-10ft
Show session	2009-10-25	Grand Crohot		no wind	glassy	2:00 hours	1.5m / 5ft
Show session	2009-10-18	Grand Crohot		offshore	established	1 hours
Show session	2009-10-13	Le Pin Sec		offshore	light	2:00 hours	1.2m-1.5m / 4ft-5ft
Show session	2009-10-11	Grand Crohot		sideshore	light	2 hours	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show session	2009-10-07	Grand Crohot		offshore	established	2:00 hours	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show session	2009-09-26	Le Porge		offshore	established	1:45 hours	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show session	2009-09-23	Grand Crohot		offshore	established	2:30 hours	1.2m-1.5m / 4ft-5ft
Show session	2009-09-18	Grand Crohot		no wind	glassy	0:30 hours	less than 1m / 3ft
Show session	2009-09-07	Grand Crohot		offshore	light	1:45 hours	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show session	2009-09-06	Grand Crohot		offshore	established	2:0 hours	1m-1.2m / 3ft-4ft
Show session	2009-08-30	Grand Crohot		offshore	light	1:15 hours	1.5m / 5ft
Show session	2009-08-05	Biscarrosse		no wind	glassy	1:20 hours	1.2m-1.5m / 4ft-5ft
Show session	2009-08-02	Anglet - Chambre d Amour		offshore	light	1:30 hours	less than 1m / 3ft

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Surf Trips

Surf Trips by yann

Nb of trips: 10

	Surf trip title	Begining date	End date	Sessions
Show	Biscarosse 2009	12 April 2009	18 April 2009	4
Show	Brittany 2008	28 October 2008	04 November 2008	3
Show	West Japan, summer 2008	04 August 2008	24 August 2008	5
Show	Biscarrosse	25 April 2008	03 May 2008	8
Show	Normandy Christmas 2007	22 December 2007	28 December 2007	4
Show	Brittany 2007	28 October 2007	03 November 2007	3
Show	Normandy	05 August 2007	09 August 2007	3
Show	Easter Holydays	07 April 2007	14 April 2007	6
Show	Brittany 2006	30 October 2006	05 November 2006	3
Show	Japan 2006	31 July 2006	18 August 2006	1

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My Blogs

Blog Entries

Date	Title	Hits
Friday, 07 December 2007	Secret spot in Normandy	5522
Sunday, 11 March 2007	Le Gurp Video Surf session 11-03-2007	6892
Sunday, 04 March 2007	Lacanau video session	6982
Sunday, 17 September 2006	17-09-2006 Session	7045
Saturday, 19 August 2006	Japan: the end	6899
Saturday, 05 August 2006	Okinawa: the hell and the paradise	9330
Friday, 28 July 2006	I pack my bags	7293
Wednesday, 26 July 2006	Japan!	7112
Thursday, 20 July 2006	Stuck	7028

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Date	Subject	Category	Hits
04/25/2009 04:38:55	Re:Surfing France - Help!	General	403
03/29/2009 00:42:58	Re:Spots in France	General	492
02/16/2009 20:39:58	Re:Paradise spot near Paris ?	World Spots	1186
01/20/2009 00:50:20	Re:Tips for surfers planning trip to France?	World Spots	755
09/12/2008 16:10:03	Re:Surfing French Polynesia	World Spots	781
08/29/2008 18:26:16	Re:accomodation san sebastian / biarritz	World Spots	5279
04/14/2008 16:06:40	Re:Pefcet left (main picture of the site)	Questions mailed to Wannasurf	954
03/25/2008 19:54:40	Re:surf spot in september	World Spots	1184
03/25/2008 19:52:36	Re:Where to Go	World Spots	905
03/25/2008 19:49:26	Re:what do you think about indoboard?	General	5324

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About Me

About me:

I have started with a skimboard then with a waveski and finally started the surf in 1990 in Normandy. I have lived in Tahiti rom 1994 to 1996. Of course the surf was incredible: my preferred spot was taapuna. I went one time at teahupoo but it was hopefully flat ! (It was'nt known at this time and I didn't realized how dangerous it was...).

For now I am living near Bordeaux. The surf in Gironde is not as good as in Hossegor but it's uncrowded adn you can surf alone really good waves even during the summer.

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