Anybody in here ever been surfing in Liberia? I got a good friend over there now and I'm thinking of going...
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Surfing Liberia
- Thread starter LBKpilot
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I say go for it, yolo. Besides what could go wrong in Africa?
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Can you imagine trying to reason with that guy? I'll pass.
I got a buddy who is out there all the time. One of the first to go there. Part of that film the whatsitbrothers did? I can connect you if you want.
The guy tamed a hyena FFS
I would not call Liberia a "nice place' like Costa Rica, Maldives or Tobago, but it definitely has character - great waves in Robertsport and elsewhere and west Africa will test your resolve and ingenuity in many ways.
Isn't that what travel is supposed to do?
https://azylo.com/story/liberia-letting-freedom-ring
Isn't that what travel is supposed to do?
https://azylo.com/story/liberia-letting-freedom-ring
I'll give you $20 if you can snatch one of his tassels.
I lived three years in Sierra Leone right next door. There is not much swell in that area. The Atlantic Ocean there, at the equator, between Africa and Brazil is known as the “doldrums.” There are no real local storms. The ones they have are very short lived- “squalls.” It’s not exposed very well to the North Atlantic and is very far from the Southern Ocean. I would not make it a surf destination unless surf is a secondary activity you might do if it presents itself, and you won’t feel disappointed if you get skunked.
Take your anti malarials religiously while there. Ask me why I know.
Take your anti malarials religiously while there. Ask me why I know.
The hyena photo is most likely not in Liberia - Liberia is warm and wet, not a desert climate at all.
The series of left points get bigger as you move around the headland, the end section near town can get quite hollow.
Cotton Trees can be hollow as well, depending on the sand flow -
I could see why you would want to go seeing those waves, Very rippable. I like how they show local surfers and not visiting pros. But because of the swell scarsity in that area my above advice still holds- go there for other reasons- to see your friend, soak in the local culture, take a trek up country....oh and be prepared for the beggars. You are like Bill Gates to them.
Me: hey bro.. what up?The guy tamed a hyena FFS
Him: You white boy shut up.. this is my place.. my rules. You follow them or you die.. you die anyway whether you follow them or not but right now I let you live.
Me: Mommyyyyyy!!!
But seriously.... that is one fine looking Hyena. Wonder why it has that muzzle on though. Seems like a nice dog like animal.
Quite a few good left points in both Angola and Gabon -
https://medium.com/@johnseatoncallahan_64069/surfexplore-angola-after-the-shooting-stops-35adc91cd003
https://flic.kr/s/aHsjrDsoaP
https://azylo.com/story/one-step-beyond-in-gabon
https://flic.kr/s/aHsjrnUZHi
Angola is Portuguese language, Gabon c'est tres Français -
Liberia is English-speaking, being a former colony of the United States, intended as a country for freed slaves to "Return to Africa".
At the risk of being called racist again, I know there must be amongst many of us, a vision like this?(this is wrong) Just enjoy the music and educate your own self...