ʻO nā kiko ma Hossegor, Seignosse a me Capbreton, nā mea a pau i ʻike pono ʻia i ka pehu ʻAkelanika mai NW a i SW kuhikuhi, hāʻawi i kahi ʻano nui o nā haʻihaʻi kahakai honua, me ka nui o nā nalu a puni ka makahiki. E like me ka hopena o ke au a me ka ʻōhū ʻana i ka maikaʻi o ka nalu, a ke loli mau nei nā kapa one, no laila, mai hoʻokaʻulua e nīnau i nā kamaʻāina e pili ana i ke ʻano heʻenalu o kēia manawa.
ʻO ke kauwela ka manawa maikaʻi loa e heʻenalu ai ma Farani. Ua hoʻi nā keiki i ke kula, ua hoʻi ka poʻe mākua i ka hana, ua mahana mau ka wai a nui aʻe ka nalu. Hoʻomaka ʻia nā ʻōnaehana haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ma ka ʻAkelanika ʻĀkau a hoʻouna i nā laina o ka pehu e hele pololei ana i nā kahakai kahakai o Farani. Maikaʻi nō hoʻi ka hoʻoilo, ʻoiai ua mākaukau ʻoe e hoʻokūkū ʻia e nā mahana hau.
I ke kauwela, ʻaʻole kūlike a liʻiliʻi ka nalu. Hiki paha iā ʻoe ke ʻalo i kekahi mau ʻano palahalaha inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i laki… He pilikia ke lawe -a ʻaʻole paha- inā makemake ʻoe e heʻenalu i nā papa pōkole a i ʻole nā bikini. Akā, pono ʻoe e launa pū me ka lehulehu, ʻaʻole ia he manaʻo ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke leʻaleʻa i kekahi mau kau epic, ʻoiai inā mākaukau ʻoe e hele a makaʻala.