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Published: November 2nd 2006
Brazil, land of beaches and surf...welcome to Florianopolis, a city straddling the mainland and a barrier island, Santa Catarina. This 50 km island has over 50 surf spots, tons of beaches, dunes, and forested mountains. On the ocean side of the island are dozens of small towns full of surfers or commuters, and in the center of the island is a freshwater lake and ´centro´ ie town before you get to town (Floripa as the locals call it). The surf culture is great, when i and a few friends from spain arrived, we had been there maybe 20 min before we met some guys who invited us to come stay and surf with them. I ended up taking surf lessons, sandboarding the dunes, and staying for 2 weeks. (I eventually got my own place, rented from a local professional skateboarder known as ´el polacko´, and cruised around the island on a rented bike) while surfing at world famous joaquina beach, we were paid a visit by a pod of southern right whales, the same type i had seen in argentina.
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whale tail in joaquina bay, with surfers
