Orihuela Costa Outlaws Surfing

The powers that be in Orihuela, a city and municipality in Spain, are copping some serious heat and waves of criticism after banning surfboards from its coastline. I’ll let you catch your breath quick after spewing coffee all over your office chomma, how ridiculous. Now that you’re done lol’ing lets unpack this quick shall we.    Orihuela, with its 16 km’s of postcard quality white sandy beaches blessed with those warm water vibes, offers plenty of opportunities for those with water sports in mind. Every now and then, this stretch of coastline receives some decent Mediterranean swell pumping out some cracker conditions for surfing. Yet, in the past 10 odd years, the government of Orihuela has imposed limitations on wave and wind riders by slapping no-surf zones at the local beaches. Is this 1832, you know when people got their hands pulled off by some ironically named dude called Tiny while his eyes glowed like hot embers in the shadows of his black hood? NO. IT’S 20 FRIGGEN 18. ACT LIKE IT ORIHUELA. Thier argument is that surfing puts beachgoers in jeopardy (isn’t that a game show?) and that surfboards can be deadly, like Tiny. In other words, politicians introduced a black ball […]