ILa Nord yindawo yokuphumla elunxwemeni, ihlala ixinene ngenxa yendawo yayo kumbindi weHossegor. Isebenza ukusuka kwi-2ft kodwa inokuba ngumlingo xa ukudumba kungaphezulu kwe-8ft. Inokubamba ukudumba okukhulu ukuya kuthi ga kwi-20ft. Rhoqo ngonyaka, amabala abamba ukhuphiswano olukhulu lwamaza "La Nord Challenge".
ILa Nord isebenza kuwo onke amaza, kodwa ibonisa okona kulungileyo phakathi. Inika amalungelo kunye nokushiya xa amaza amancinci, kodwa kungcono ukugxila kumalungelo xa ekhula. Sebenzisa itshaneli esemazantsi aloo ndawo ukubheqa ngasemva.
Lumka xa ingaphezulu kwe-8-10ft njengoko amaza esiba namandla kakhulu kwaye angakubamba phantsi kwamanzi ixesha elide. Ngabasefa abakwizinga eliphezulu kuphela abafanele ukusefa kwezi meko. Ukuthatha uhambo kungumnqantsa kwaye i-wave isoloko ikhawuleza, ngoko musa ukuthandabuza ukubamba ibhodi ene-intshi ezimbalwa ezongezelelweyo ukufumana ithuba lokuphuma kwimiphanda. Ngosuku oluhle olukhulu lwamaza, abahlali baya kuhlasela umgca, kunye okanye ngaphandle kwejethi-skis yabo ngokuxhomekeke kwiimeko.