2023-08-13 17:00:00
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THE SUNDAY INQUIRY. In the Landes village of Moliets-et-Maa, chronic friction opposes surf schools, surfcamps and local residents. The town hall has decided to police.
By Jean-Luc Clouard Moliets-et-Maa, July 17, 2023. The many surf schools and surfcamps in the village of Landes share the exceptional territory of the Courant de Huchet. © Sebastien ORTOLA/REA / Sebastien ORTOLA/REA FOR “THE POINT” Published on 08/13/2023 at 5:00 p.m.
In the waves, colored foam boards and black neoprene fitted with used Lycra form, from June to September, almost continuous garlands of a few hundred meters. Terrestrial mammals not very skilled in water, dozens and dozens of bodies go up and down, slide or wade through the foam, attempting balances that are difficult to maintain. “Flocks of sea lions”, does not hesitate to mock Camille Reine, surf teacher teaching on the beach of Chênes-Lièges and who does not hold back his sarcasm.
In Moliets-et-Maa, a seaside town in the Landes with 1,500 inhabitants, which welcomes between 20,000 and 25,000 tourists during the hot weeks of the season, the overcrowding of surf spots has become a source of chronic tension which worsens with year and…
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