San Sebastian Surf

Five reasons why a Party Train is clearly the best way to get to Oktoberfest from the UK.

JOSEPHINE RYAN MURPHY

So you’re in the UK and you’ve decided that Oktoberfest is for you and now you just need to figure out how to get there. You’ve basically got three options, an underwater party train or two other shittier modes of transport. On the party train you’ll have a nice comfy seat surrounded by other Stoketoberfest campers and a wonderful view of the countryside rolling past. You’re basically getting a whole extra day of partying on either side of the festival rather than wasting your time on a bus or plane. If you’re not already convinced, that’s a little weird but here are a few more reasons that might knock some sense into you.

10 Hours To Get To Know Each Other

The train journey is about 10 hours, which gives you a pretty decent amount of time to suss out your fellow Oktoberfest campers and get to know each other and when you combine inescapable vehicles and alcohol, relationships can escalate fairly quickly. Basically while everyone else will meet for the first time at the campsite, you’ll have already laid the groundwork and are therefore more likely to actually get laid.

You Can Move

Dead legs and feet are not a issue on trains, you can do all the moving you want. Not just readjusting on your terribly uncomfortable bus/plane seat and awkwardly rubbing off the person next to you, actual MOVING. You can walk through the carriages – you could even skip or dance through the carriages if you really wanted and probably will after a few drinks. You can stand in various different places along the train. If you don’t like the person sitting next to you, fuck ‘em, go for a wander and find someone you do. If you do like the person sitting next to you, you can invite them to walk WITH you.

You Can Pee

Ok so yeah, you can pee on airplanes too but when you flush you have to press yourself against the other side of the tiny shit box while they make that terrifying sucking noise that happens while they try and pull you right out of the plane and to your death. Buses rarely have them and when they do, without getting into the details, you have to deal with the unpleasantries of speed bumps, corners, sudden stopping and starting, the list goes on. Trains however, have fairly decent toilets.

Start The Mile Below Club

Does anyone really believe that no one noticed you just fucked in the airplane toilet? Everyone is literally sitting, FACING the toilet with not much else to do other than people watch. On the party train however, not only are half the seats facing the other direction but everyone’s too busy walking around and standing in various places along the train to notice, plus there’s more room.

It’s A Party Train

Last but not least, you’re literally on a train full of the people that you’ll be camping and partying with all weekend. Trains, they’re the best.

Go get yourself a Party Train ticket and if you don’t have an Oktoberfest ticket yet, do that too!

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Festival season is on. The grapes have been stamped, the tomatoes are just about ripe, underwear is being cleaned and the beer is almost brewed. And although all these festivals are a wonderful clusterfuck of fun, it’s important to get some down time to recover if you’re gonna make it the whole way through. With that said, the majority of these festivals happen around Spain and The Basque Country’s coast and so we’ve put together a list of beaches for you to chill out on and recuperate in between.

Barcelona’s Best Beach: Mar Bella

Mar Bella Beach is the better, less disgusting Barceloneta. During the day it’s filled with a good mix of predominantly locals as well as tourists. You’ve still got your beach bars and in summer it gets pretty full, however not to the same extent as Barcelona’s other beaches and you won’t have to say no to cervezas and agua every other minute. Just above the beach is a skate park and green area that is always full of impressively organised people who’ve set up hammocks, picnics and slack lines. There’s often SUPers and skimboarders in the water and watching people faceplant into the sea all day is fairly entertaining. Mar Bella is also host to a full moon party every month. Unlike the chaos of Thailand’s famous full moon parties, Mar Bella is pretty much unknown by anyone outside of Spain. This means it’s mostly attended by locals and although it’s crazy, it’s not completely fucked up. The beach is set up with a bonfire and some performers and the night generally progresses from dancing around the fire, to skinny dipping to smoking weed and watching the sunrise.

Valencia: Port Saplaya

Valencias very own little Venice. This beach is located in a small town that will transport you away from spain and straight into the streets of Venice. The town’s harbour is filled with picturesque buildings and small boats and there are plenty of cafes along the waterfront to sit back and take it all in. The beach itself is divided in two, the norte and the sur. They sit right at the end of the town, lined with palm trees and small restaurants. The atmosphere is calm and perfect for a day of relaxing after throwing tomatoes at strangers.

San Sebastian: Zurriola

Zurriola Beach is a great example of how brilliant a city San Sebastian is. Rather than filling it to the brim with beach bars to rack in as much money as possible, it’s been kept mostly empty so the atmosphere is always chilled out and a lot more pleasant than La Concha. Zurriola is also San Sebastian’s surf beach and generally filled with a younger crowd. In summer the waves don’t get too big so it’s a great places to learn. Boards and wetsuits can be rented on the beach and there’s plenty of surf schools to get lessons from. The beach is located just below the Gros area, meaning you’re never too far from pintxos and cidra. It’s the perfect place to spend the day chilling out and surfing, or entertaining yourself by watching other people try.

Costa Brava: Cap de Creus

This beach is for your inner Alexander Supertramp. The beach is more of a cove, hidden in the nature reserve and surrounded by bizarre rocks. Located at the most easterly point of Spain, this has to be the best spot in the country to watch the sun rise. You can’t quite lie out on the sand to sunbathe but the landscape is so incredible that it inspired Salvador Dali’s artworks. There are also tonnes of nature walks around it, or you could get a lido and float around in the beautiful water.

Sitges: Platja de la Bassa Rodona

Sitges is known for being one of the best cities in the world for gay people and Platja de la Bassa Rodona is the best gay beach in Sitges. Every year in June, they host Sitges Pride and you can spend the day swimming in the crystal blue water while listening to the DJ sets along the beach. It does get crowded but it’s less of a chill out and read a book beach and more of a chill out and have a beer beach anyway. It’s incredibly social and you’ll more than likely find yourself talking to tonnes of new people from around the world that have come to hang out on this beach.

So get your Stoke Passport ready, pack your bags and come pass out on some Spanish sand.

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A guide to surfing in San Sebastian to get you ready for your first lesson.

JOSEPHINE RYAN MURPHY

San Sebastian is famous for its beautiful beaches and its pumping waves. Here at Stoke, we enjoy both of those things and so we set up the San Sebastian Surf Camp. From beginners to shredders, we’ve managed to put together something pretty great here in the Basque country and you should definitely come and enjoy it with us. For anyone planning on coming here and learning to surf for the first time, we’ve made a little guide to prepare you for your first surf lesson. Have a read and then come visit us!

The Rundown

Before you go near the water, you’ve got to go through the spiel. You’ll be introduced to your board and your surf instructor. You’ll have to smile through the deep struggle of carrying an eight-foot board so you don’t look like too much of a newbie in front of your – more than likely –  attractive surf instructor as you head down to the beach. Once you’re down there, you’ll get a run through of everything you need to know; you’ll practise “popping up” on the beach and get some theory about the currents and rips in the water. All in all, it’ll sound simple enough. Unfortunately, most things are not as easy as they sound.

Getting Into And Out Of The Wetsuit

Clambering in and out of the suffocating rubber body-cage is maybe the worst part about surfing. Luckily in San Sebastian during summer it’s usually warm enough to wear just a shorty but if you can’t handle colder waters, or head there out of the summer months, you’ll have to deal with the horrors of a full wetsuit. Squishing all your parts into the leg and arm holes isn’t too bad, as long as you don’t get your hair caught in the zipper. Getting it off, however, is a whole different story. You’ll be incredibly tired after hours of paddling around and if you’re in any way cold, trying to grip your fingers into the neoprene to pull yourself out of your rubbery tomb is pretty painful. Eventually you’ll free your arms from their damp prison and that’ll seem like a good time to give in for a while and just take a break from your wetsuit escape and lie in the sand defeated.

Paddling Out

Get ready to swallow a serious amount of salty water. Waves that from the shore looked pretty tame will suddenly be all up in your face and pushing you around all over the place; it’ll be impossible to figure out where there hell you even are. Your dreams of looking like some hot surfer girl or guy will be crushed as your hair is matted to your face and you flail around gasping with snot pouring out your nose. However, this is all a part of it – every surfer went through it. Chill out, there are plenty of beginners in San Sebastian and you can be guaranteed that even though you may feel like you’re making a fool of yourself, no-one except your surf instructor is paying any attention and they’ve seen it a thousand times before. Just learn to laugh at yourself and enjoy it, you little snot monster.

Your First Wipeout

You’ll feel the board start to move under you and you’ll assume it can’t be that hard. Clambering up on the board you won’t even have time to figure out how it all went wrong. You’ll fall backwards or nose dive or maybe just faceplant off the side, and the whole world will become a spinning, blue, watery hell. For what feels like an eternity – but is actually just a few seconds – you’ll spin around in a mess of flailing limbs and panic, eventually surfacing and being completely fine. You’ve successfully survived your first wipeout and it wasn’t even that bad, you’ll be a wipeout pro by the end of the lesson; you can handle anything those waves have to throw at you.

Your First Wave

The best feeling ever! You’ll feel like you can do literally anything. Your surf instructor gave your board a good shove and it somehow all finally came together. You’re flying, the wind is in your hair, the sun is reflecting off the crystal clear blue water onto your already cherry-red face. You’ll throw your arms in the air, going against everything your surf instructor taught you about your stance on the surfboard and watch San Sebastian’s beautiful coastline go sideways as you probably fall straight off but who cares! You can surf now.

The Recovery

You made it! Think about how far you’ve come today, the things you’ve been through. Your whole body probably aches and you’re probably hungrier than you’ve ever been before. You know what you need right now? A good meal and a shit tonne of alcohol. Celebrate how great you did today! Head back to the San Sebastian surf camp, get a good hot meal served up to you and spend the rest of the night drinking so much that you completely forget everything you just learnt, you’ve earned it.

To join us for some San Seb surfing, come hang out at our surf camp!

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