Fish Broth
Stylemaster? Stubby? Or rather ProWave? I just cannot decide – the conditions are so good that it would be fun with any board. A very long, steep wave runs in the bay of Baleal. We just can´t get enough of it. The sky is bright blue, it’s very beautiful. We stay on the water until dark. And quite honestly, for three weeks it looked like this almost every day. But there are other options still: Lisbon is on Dan’s photo schedule as well. We are right under the huge bridge that connects the Alcântara district with the city of Almada. At first I think we’ve left the continent because the “Ponte 25 de Abril” of Lisbon is quite similar to the Golden Gate Bridge in California. Only that the river is a muddy-brown disgusting broth with an obnoxious stink, a bit like dead fish. Vale asks: “How do we get into the water?” And, “Where can we paddle so that nothing happens to us?” He is right, the huge red suspension bridge spans a powerful river with a serious current. Recreationally, I would not want to paddle here. But the things you do for a photo. Dan finds the right angle to get us on the iSUPs together with the huge bridge. “What?” I think Dan is trying to tell us something.
We can’t hear a word, even if we paddle to within five meters of him. The road is thundering above, hourly about 6,000 cars drive over us. The railway too is not exactly silent. Nevertheless, it is quite an overwhelming feeling to paddle underneath such a huge construction. You suddenly feel very small.
