I just returned from a week in the Basque Country, on the border of Spain in southwest France. I think the most telling thing about the region is what it’s called: Pays-Basque, or Basque Country. I ...

The Basque Country’s crazy pointbreak at Roka Puta finally woke up, as most of the rest of western Europe was blasted by the first XL swell of the season last week. Plus, there was enough swell around ...

Natxo González paddles a thin line. At 25, the professional big-wave surfer from Spain’s Basque Country has already challenged some of the most legendary waves on the planet, riding giants at Punta ...

Hailing from the French region of the Basque Country, 21-year-old Gorka Rougé is intertwined with the area’s surf scene. His father Eric Rougé is a longtime shaper and was an early pioneer at the ...

Filmed by Javi Muñoz and Arthur Genie, edited by Tom Vaughan. Cover shot by Edu Bartolome. Winter is over in the northern hemisphere, but it certainly doesn’t feel that way. A huge swell made its way ...