I think there is no place in Europe where I had more good times then here, it was our every summer destination from when I was 17 till 21. Man I have tons of videos, photos and memories that remind me of it. Right now the WCT tries to catch up with it, ...in vain! I've never seen a ASP year that sucked that much when it comes to wave quality than 2009!

Peniche is a awesome place! It's so wierd, you arrive there and sum things and people are straight stuck in the 60/70ies and they don't give a shit, the portuguese people are the friendlies I've met in Europe, together with the Irish. Peniche is pretty much a town were you can feel how surfing changes a whole town in the view on things, in positive and negative ways. I've got a chance to go there, don't miss it, especially in September!

This years WCT  has three stops here in Europe, this his a lot time for possible flat days and layover between the events in Hossegor, Mundaka and Peniche. And what to do then? Disperse trough the continent!
Here are some random travel reports from the ASP Circus:
Ace Buchan in Munich
insurfnews.com in Rome
stabmag.com
davey-weare.com
moborush.com