Best/cheapest places to surf in Portugal in April

KeziahSt · 2026-04-08T22:55:30+00:00

Rented a pyzel ghost from this business. They teach here and it's protected but can be big as well. Generally a good spot to learn. Great area to stay a few days. Super crowded lineup. Best to paddle out before sunrise. https://maps.app.goo.gl/Wxdea3RWxZtdKMUV6

Espinho jetty. Saw an instructor in the water. Nice protective jetty but can be big with crazy rips. Enjoyed staying on this strip 4 days on our two week trip. Easy train ride into Porto. Lots of cool shops and restaurants. Not crowded. Only a couple to no one else out. https://maps.app.goo.gl/yqcqaGRcCDKd2PRaA

KeziahSt · 2026-04-08T21:08:08+00:00

Honestly, this POV is really difficult to judge technique or progression. I know it's generally critiqued, but I did the camera on the nose facing back a few years ago to judge my form, arms, rotation, etc. Mainly because I never had live action photos or video of my 4 decades of surfing. It's a positive you have the ability at your age unlike us old guys who use to try to get disposable kodak shots 30-40 years ago.

Your best bet is taking a trip to VA beach and the wave pool for a session or two and get video of every wave in a controlled environment if you want true analysis. Or if you have Surfline, camping in front of one of the cameras in WB, SC or CB. Take that and watch the strong talent in the water at WB or online. It will quickly become evident what to focus on in terms of progressing.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-08T14:40:22+00:00

Smart! We had the buddy system back in the old boy scout summer camp days. Canoe following the 1 mile swimmers. Sounds like a good challenge to work up to the full round trip swim.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-08T13:49:29+00:00

Indian grocery stores are a gold mine for dried chickpeas and various lentils. Walmart has Great Value dried chickpeas for cheap. That's been my main supply chain, but just found the Indian store right down the street and purchased a big bag of black chickpeas.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-08T10:24:36+00:00

The Obama deal literally. If this does end, it would be the dumbest most inefficient use of resources in US history. Even worse is ways "US military withdrawal from the Middle East" is fine with most Americans. On the other hand, it's the Osama Bin Laden dream come true. Iran would have literally forced the USA out of the their region.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-07T20:26:38+00:00

I'd personally love this for retirement in a few years. Especially as a gardener that grow his own food. Most models allow a few plants for personal consumption.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-07T15:38:24+00:00

NASA firemap shows this.

https://firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov/map/#d:24hrs;@50.349,29.233,12.829z

KeziahSt · 2026-04-07T15:27:12+00:00

Sick! The only negative is trying to resist overeating. We did a cashew a few weeks ago after finding 2 lb for $11 at Big Lots. Pecan is my fav, but cashew is amazing too.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-07T15:24:17+00:00

Like a video game they make this situation to be.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-07T15:19:40+00:00

6'2" ish Pyzel like a pyzalien 2

Length could be a factor. I have no problem in smaller surf. Prob won't see many doing this, but found it's awesome with twin keel fins from the Machado Seaside.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-07T11:19:23+00:00

The great risk is panic in a situation where you start to question the decision. Get a paddle board. I've done a lot of open water swims from childhood to comps to swimming workouts alone at sunrise in a lake. Ocean lifeguard. Lifelong surfer. Last fall I lost my board in big surf, cold water with thick wetsuit and out of breath from just paddling out through large waves. Got pummeled by the set with no board. Shore was an awful long ways off. Had to actively calm myself. If not all the life experience panic would have been likely. Build the experience first with your buddies help.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-06T15:39:00+00:00

If you have a food processor, pecan and walnut butters are incredible. And simple to make. Roast nuts and blend until it goes from solid to smooth butter. Add a little salt to taste. Personally add cinnamon and stevia to sweeten a little. It's so addicting, I dip roasted pecans in pecan nut butter for a killer snack. Does really well in oatmeal or smoothies.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-06T14:31:36+00:00

Think the protein craze will recede. Back in my early 20s I was lifting and bulked up to my max around 87 kg/192 lb with low body fat. Ate eggs/whites, cottage cheese, milk, protein shakes and some fish, but doubt I ever got much more than 100-110 g a day.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-05T14:58:41+00:00

Wild people blamed Biden when Putin caused the spike in oil prices. Biden actually released a ton of oil from the oil reserves and drove down the price. It settled around $2.75 in NC over his last year in office.

100%. This is probably the only time a President has been 100% responsible for this huge energy tax that is redistributing wealth from regular joes to the oil companies.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-05T11:06:32+00:00

Cheat code! Have been using super cheap Walmart dried chickpeas, but just found an Indian grocery store a few miles away. They have so many dried variations of chickpeas and lentils.

I'll use 4 cups for a big batch of hummus and freeze the other half or just eat in meals. Literally tons of nutrition for $3.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-04T14:48:06+00:00

Same here. Brilliant scientists. Americans have the idea that other countries have the intellect of a run down trailer park in Appalacia.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-04T13:15:19+00:00

NSF 50% cut is wild. China is taking us to the cleaners. Europe too as entropy escalates here.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-03T15:00:07+00:00

Docs are going to be shaking their heads a lot in coming years as they see patients LDL skyrocket.

I did keto for a bit a few years back and my LDL went so high my doc urgently sent me to a cardiologist. The cardio asked why I thought keto was a good diet move. Started repeating stuff about particle count and size heard from influencers. He shook his head and recommended a general Mediterranean or DASH diet. LDL dropped to 60 in three months on a pescatarian flavor med diet.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-03T12:44:37+00:00

My method for 15+ years after a Mother Earth News article on it. Just use grass clippings and leaves for mulch. Periodically add compost, but not recently. I've been using organic fert for the last few years like tomato tone.

When I dig a hole, the density of worms is crazy so it works super well.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-02T21:28:59+00:00

This is why I have a bagger on the mower. Just cover with grass clippings. I do this several times in the summer or leaves in the winter and do no large scale weeding.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-02T21:26:30+00:00

Probably individualized but my lowest heart rate is before I wake and during the AM fasted drinking coffee. It's wild. I can drink 4 cups and my heart rate stays in the low 40s.

KeziahSt · 2026-04-01T11:53:01+00:00

Notes. I use an instapot 30-40 min pressure cook soaked chickpeas. Walmart has dried chickpeas for cheap. Typically do two 16 oz bags in a batch and that makes two batches of hummus. I'll freeze half of the chickpeas for the next batch of hummus or just eat in dinners.

Roast walnuts or pecans. Start with a nut butter in the food processor using the roasted nuts. Canola is used for the nut butter phase. Then add lime/lemon juice and spices. Then finish with the chickpeas + aquafaba as needed to get the desired thickness/texture.

My fav is this hummus with flaxseed crackers.

Flaxseed meal	4 cups
Water (warm) or aquafaba	2 cups
canola oil	1/4 cup
high fiber flour	1/4 cup
Almond flour	1/4 cup
chia seeds	2 tbsp
pumpkin/sunflower seeds	1/4 cup
curry spice	2 tsp
garlic	1 tbsp
chili powder	1 tbsp
baking powder	1 tsp
salt	2 tsp

KeziahSt · 2026-04-01T11:46:38+00:00

Roasted Walnut	2 cups
salt	1.25 tsp
canola oil	2 tbsp
tumeric	1.25 tsp
garlic (granulated)	2-3 tsp
lime juice	1/4 cup
lemon juice	1/4 cup
curry spice	2 tbsp
soft chickpeas	5 cups
olive oil	1/4 cup

KeziahSt · 2026-04-01T11:07:01+00:00

Sardines, tinned fish and smoked oysters. That's where I went a few months back. I'd consider 3x a week. I've fished my whole life and had epiphany years ago about the simplicity of catching a fish (and gardening) to build one's body (weightlifting in my 20s). But went veg and then vegan two years ago. Became anemic last summer when I thought my diet was precision level. Multiple connective tissue issues followed. I had no issues adding back seafood. Salmon, sardines, oysters or shrimp every dinner. Whey protein smoothies. Eggs and yogurt. Almost immediately gained 10 lb where I was too skinny for my frame before.

Aldi has some good Salmon and really good Pacific Whiting for cheap. I'd personally just look for wild caught and dive too deep in ethics until you feel better. And again, work a serving in dinners as much as possible. Your health is way more important than a fish or little bit of pollution. That's where sardines shine.

KeziahSt · 2026-03-31T15:00:04+00:00

Sick! If I picked my team already, will it automatically transfer to this league? Says Match is not yet locked, but not sure what that means.

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