Elderly People

When Mundaka is not doing this “glory or death thing” that it is famous for, the wave is “just” a very long running wall offering plenty of space to play. In these conditions – which are more the norm than the exception, depending very much on the actual state of the sandbars- it is also a multiple generations wave. Especially the locals out there come in all ages, family status and hair thickness, using all kind of boards.

During the two days I witnessed the wave work, particularly one guy on a longboard impressed me with perfect reading of the wave, excellent timing and a lot of style. It was only when I went through the photos on the computer that I realized that he had very little hair left, its colour was plain grey and his belly was, errr, not really a six-pack. I guess his age around sixty and that even impressed me more and at the same time gave me hope. There is a surfing life beyond 40!

Here´s a few examples of how elderly people can surf this wave: