Happy one year birthday!

The Billabong Pro Pipeline has rolled around again and reminds me that almost one year has passed since we launched this website and the sweet sunny beach-home it represents!

One year, a lot has happened!

Always listening to feedback and what our clients desire, we have increased again wifi speed, buffered the coworking space acoustics, added board racks to our bicycles, installed a comfy couchy "family area" chill out zone for lazy afternoons and boardgames with wine...... phew! I'm sure I've forgotten still more improvements!

I've loved and broken one new surfboard, and then replaced it with an even finer second hand oldie that might just be my magic board!

I spent some of the unprecedented wet and cold winter away in warmer climates and realized that indeed, there's no place like home. Nothing beats the Portuguese morning sun with a Pastel de Nata and a "meia de leite". Nothing beats a sunset over Almagreira with the happiest dog chasing the tiniest birds at low tide. And as for waves, I was left wondering why I hauled a board over an ocean when the offerings at home in Portugal are as good as I could ever find, any day!

I'm looking forward to the long Portuguese summer days already, open air intimate music gigs, beach picnics and grassy blankets, North Coast sessions and drinks with friends. Pura Vida, Aloha, Bemvindo, Saude!