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15.7.08

Stop the press:
Youssef may have got some action…….

Youssef is our lothario chef, renowned as much for his tagines as his ability to drink himself to a very happy state (sometimes unhappy). For most people that have come out it has been the two Abduls that have got the pulses racing; Abdelkadir, I have six or seven girlfriends; and Wachow I have bagged myself an English wife.

Now Youssef may be a great chef, but ladies man he is not. Weighing in at a massive 8st and a towering 5’3” he doesn’t tick too many boxes. He is missing a fair number of teeth and the ones that he does have are of the yellow variety. He doesn’t shower that frequently and Rob has likened him to Gollum. Up until recently our man Youssef had been pretty unlucky in love, often turning to alcohol to solve his worries (60 percent of the time, all of the time???).

Things changed whilst I was away, Youssef upped his game and we are pretty sure that he had an encounter that didn’t require money to change hands. Who was the lucky lady? Well first let’s paint the scene, a couple of young girls staying at the surf camp. Youssef wooing them with his culinary skills, the said girls decide to take a trip up to Essouirra for the music festival. Youssef had already booked time off work to head up there for the Gnaoua music festival (awesome by the way, sadly the same time as Glastonbury). So the team head on up together, they hit a few bars and then it all goes blank. What may or may not have happened still needs to be confirmed by both parties, but off the record uglies were bumped. I like to think this little quote from a message we received after the guest’s stay may give a little insight:

“When you go back please give Youssef a massive hug from me, he was amazing and looked after us a lot!!”

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14.06.08

International surfing day at Immourane is about to happen. The preparations are underway to help our guys at the Immourane Surf Club organise an action packed introduction to surfing for all the local kids. We are having a big beach clean up followed by egg and spoon races, live DJs, tombolas, the works all in aid of raising money for the Association to send some of their kids to the upcoming surf competition in the North of Morocco.

The guys down at Immourane are doing a fantastic job of getting young kids surfing and we are doing everything that we can to help them out. We have left a load of our foam boards with them so that there is kit ready for any local kid to use. Anyone who has stayed with us will know what a great effort all the team are putting in. Keep up the good work Abdullah and the ISA team!!

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25.05.08

Nomadic tours have teamed up with Surf Berbere to bring their trucks for a couple of day surfing every couple of weeks down at banana beach. This union has come about after Mark the boss of Nomadic came for a couple of days to check out the surf camp and immediately set about integrating us with his tours.

It is a win win for everyone involved, we get to take more people out surfing, clients to get to mingle with huge groups on big nights out and we make sure that the local surf club gets a decent source of income. Happy days!

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05.04.08

Boilers has been a hotspot on big swells passing through for some tow in surfing lately, with some nice size sets coming out of them over 8ft. Anchors and Mysteries are producing some sets over 5ft on high tides, and recently a trip to Cathedrals at Immesouane proved a great reward with some steep lefts and rights peeling off the beach section ending up with some lovely rides.

Surf Berbere together working with the local Surfing Association are sending 12 kids from the region of Taghazoute to compete in the National Surfing Competition in Kinitra shortly, with the winner getting the opportunity to surf in France next year. With an abundance of talented young surfers it is a great pleasure to see them put their skills together at competition level.

We are also in the process of updating our website which will include up to date photos of our surf adventures, and links to our groups such as Surf Berbere face book.  It is also fun to have clients return for some surf and Youssef’s tagines, so if you are planning a trip with us soon look forward to some great surfing and some lovely African warm weather.

Surf well, Rob

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