Surf posters: from Biarritz to Hawaii

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Biarritz and the Basque Coast, the cradle of European surfing

Biarritz has been the benchmark for surfing in France since the 1950s. Posters dedicated to it often combine the lighthouse, the waves and a surfer’s silhouette, in a style close to the Art Deco posters of the Basque Coast. This is the case with our Biarritz surfer Basque Coast poster.

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Hawaii and Bali, the tropical spirit

Hawaii and Bali posters rely on palm trees, hibiscus and big colorful waves, for a more exotic mood than the scenes of the Atlantic coast.

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Surf school posters, a retro nod

Some posters borrow the style of 1950s and 1960s surf schools, with typefaces and colors close to the advertising posters of the time.

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Where to hang them

A surf poster fits in a bedroom, an office or a hallway, on its own or paired with other seaside posters to create a themed wall. The A3 size suits most walls; for a themed wall combining several destinations, A4 makes it easier to compose a series.

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Cassis, surfing on the Mediterranean side

Beyond the Basque coast, the Cassis poster, surfboard and lighthouse by the sea, changes shoreline: a board resting near the shore grasses and a pale lighthouse over the blue sea, for Mediterranean surfing rather than Atlantic.

A black-and-white surf scene

The Heavy Water poster, a tiny surfer under a giant wave, changes the palette: an illustration in shades of bluish gray, closer to a retro engraving than to the tropical colors of Hawaii or Bali described above.

The camper van, another symbol of surfing

The Van Life poster adds an object to the beach scene: the orange and white 1970s camper, an emblem of the road trip, parked under a palm tree with boards on the roof, while 2 surfers head for the waves.