Tag Archives: fishing village

Spot break? Why sharing its ‘secret’ wave with the Olympics could be costly for a small Tahitian village

Peva Levy, Teahupo’o’s “godfather,” has watched his hometown transform from a remote fishing village to a surfing paradise over the decades. Levy was a child of the ocean. He grew up swimming and fishing and was one of the first to bodyboard the “secret” wave beyond the reef, a dangerously exciting, nearly perfect wave known… Read More »

The sleepy Irish seaside town featured in Netflix’s Bodkin series

Approaching the rural village of Union Hall in West Cork on an unseasonably wet and windy Saturday morning in May feels surprisingly dramatic. Access to this picturesque fishing village is via the single-track Poulgorm Bridge. Since the width of the narrow bridge, which dates back to the 1890s, is only one lane, a car is… Read More »