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Bodyboard-Holidays August Portugal Trip

By Chris Burton Bodyboard-Holidays run a series of trips to Portugal throughout the year and for good reason, time after time Portugal serves up the goods and our most recent mid-summer trip was no exception. The week-long August trip went off in style with fantastic waves, warm sea temps, super fun bodyboarding conditions, and lazy […]

Joao Veiga Bodyboard Instructor

Bodyboard-Holidays would like to proudly present and welcome to the instructor team Mr Joao Veiga.  We caught up with Joao whilst he was over in the UK doing his lifeguard qualification course, we also found time to go out and get some waves together on the beaches of Cornwall. Joao lives in Portugal and will […]

Portugal group trip kicks off with the Sintra Pro

What better way to start our September Bodyboard Holiday in Portugal than a day spent rolling with the pros, and watching the action unfold on final’s day at the Sintra Pro? Getting to see the world’s best bodyboarders perform at Praia Grande (just 5 mins from our villa) was an absolute treat! Our guests not […]

Bodyboard Holidays features on Vert Magazine

Over the last month or so Vert Magazine has been kindly posting our killer bodyboarding photos on their Instagram page, culminating in an awesome feature on there website. Vert magazine started in 1994 on the initiative of three friends and lovers of bodyboarding. Today, what is referred to as the bodyboard bible in Portugal is […]

Final places remain on our September Portugal bodyboarding holiday!

6 reasons why September is so special in Portugal – Sign up today and get a free photo and video package worth £80! Treat yourself this autumn to an awesome week’s bodyboard coaching in Portugal and we’ll throw in a free photo and video package worth £80. In putting this blog post together we delved into the […]

The 10 best things to do in Portugal when we’re not bodyboarding

Having delivered seven successful bodyboard holidays to Portugal, and having head coach Matt Mave Davies living there full-time, we’ve perfected our top ten free time activities to do between bodyboard sessions. Check these out… Historical Sintra               Sintra, a UNESCO World heritage site, is a fairy tale town famed […]

Portugal Bodyboard-Holidays – Updates for 2017

Book now as we have limited places available!  A rolling stone never gains moss …and so over this winter we’ve made some new and exciting changes to our Portugal Bodyboard Holiday dates and accommodation. Firstly, and diaries at the ready, these are the improved dates for 2017, hot off the press! May 13th – 20th […]

The BIG day out at Nazare

In the week preceding our October bodyboard holiday, the infamous Praia do Norte in Nazare was getting a whole lot of media attention. The APB and the world’s best bodyboarders had just left town, the waiting period for the BWT’s (Big Wave Tour) event had just began, and the first big swell of the winter […]

Portugal Bodyboarding – The Perfect Week

Daniel Tagliaferri, an experienced bodyboarder and avid water photographer from Western Australia had an amazing run of waves and sunshine in Portugal last week. Unable to get his mate to commit to a European surf trip, Dan booked up last minute on our 1to1 package in Portugal. For just £799 he got the royal treatment by host, guide […]

Portugal Bodyboard-Holiday September 2016

Well that was another awesome bodyboard camp in Portugal. A very fortunate run of incredible weather coupled with a solid run of swell made for a brilliant trip.  Thank you Portugal for some awesome autumn September sessions.  Check out the statistics that made up an amazing trip.   Most sessions in one day = 3 […]

Bodyboarding On Demand, In Portugal

Here at Bodyboard Holidays we pride ourselves on providing you with the very best sponging adventures, and so we are excited to launch our latest venture: Bodyboarding on demand in Portugal Who is it for? This fantastic new option is aimed at those boogers already in Portugal or those coming over on a non-bodyboarding holiday […]

Portugal Bodyboarding – Two Person Trips

4 Ways that you and a friend can score perfect Portuguese pits. Harry from Fuerteventura and Jaime from El Salvador, unbeknown to one another, met on our recent ‘Partners in Crime’ bodyboard holiday in Portugal. They came seeking a few fun waves but left having got so much more out of their epic trip. 1.    Better waves […]

Portugal Bodyboarding Camp – Gaining more speed on your bodyboard

Portugal Bodyboarding Camp – Gaining more speed on your bodyboard By Rob Barber Images by Mr. Berry In May we enjoyed an awesome week of bodyboarding, incredible accommodation and a fantastic mix of individuals on our Portugal bodyboard retreat. Through the many different spots that we adventured too, one of the re-occurring themes was that riders […]

Amazing Family Bodyboard Holidays

If I got a pound for every time we at bodyboard holidays were asked “Can I take the family away, and still get to surf every day?” …well I would be a very rich man, but my answer would always remain the same: Of course you can! As a parent myself, I am no stranger to […]

Why bodyboarding is the perfect family activity

Why bodyboarding is the perfect family activity 1. All for one, and one for all Unlike many other extreme sports, bodyboarding is a wholesome activity, where everyone in the family can learn and surf together in a safe, fun environment. On our most recent holiday, the Whitworth family from London came with a great sense […]

“Probably the sickest week of my life!”

  Name: David Mailey Age: 19 Occupation: Lifeguard Years bodyboarding: 1 year Local break: White Rocks Portrush, Northern Ireland David was our first client to take full advantage of our new Bed & Breakfast Bodyboarding 1-to-1 package, in Portugal. David spent 7 days with our man on the ground in Portugal, Matt Davies, searching for […]

Top 5 Portuguese bodyboarding videos of 2015

Over the last couple of months we have seen an abundance of explosive bodyboarding clips coming out of Portugal, with Pierre-Louis Costes’ video Obrigado being the latest humbling clip to hit our screens. These videos are not only showcasing supreme individual talent and putting Portugal firmly on the bodyboarding map, but have created a source […]

Portugal’s Top Five Beach Breaks

Shortly after our first bodyboard holiday in Portugal last October we posted “4 beach breaks that will blow your mind”.  Well one year on, two more trips under our belts and a little help from a local bodyboarder, we have surfed and unearthed 5 more gems all within 1 hour of the “boogie house”. Supertubos, […]

Meet The Crew

Meet the newest addition to the Bodyboard-Holidays team, Matt Davies.  Name: Matt Davies Age: 34 Occupation: Surf guide and bodyboard coach Years living in Portugal: 8 years 1. What brought you to Portugal? Some years ago I was living in Hossegor, France when I met a Portuguese fisherman and bodyboarder from an area just West […]

Portugal Bodyboard Coaching Holiday

First Light Coffee Whether it’s a café (espresso) or a Galão (latte) that takes your preference at first light, we walk down into the village and check the waves and enjoy a coffee. The benefit of having a surf break just 500 metres from the accommodation means that you can have an eyeball surf check […]

4 Beach Breaks That Will Blow Your Mind in Portugal!

Our first Portugal coaching holiday has just drawn to a close and the trip was an absolute blinder. Perfect weather and waves certainly helped! But the fact that everybody got on so well, had a great laugh and almost had as much fun out of the water as they did in the water certainly added […]

The 5 Best Things About Bodyboarding Portugal In September

Bodyboard-Holidays is scoring on their maiden trip to the centre of European Bodyboarding, Portugal!  Rob Barber reports back… Perfect spitting barrels for 4 days That sums up the first half of our bodyboard coaching holiday to Portugal.  It’s been over two years in the planning but every bit of effort has been worth it as […]

Portugal Bodyboarding – Pure Stoke

If you’re thinking of coming on our Bodyboard coaching holiday to Portugal this September and you need a little convincing, take a look at this magazine it is full to the brim with the best shots of the countries best breaks. It’s got us amped for the trip. Nice work Vert Magazine.