On a rainy afternoon I was browsing the internet, looking for a nice board sock for my new ride. I was dreaming away on the most beautiful hand-sewn stylish board socks that are out there.

There was only one problem: the price. Handmade and beautiful things made under non-exploitative circumstances have their price. Having spent quite some bucks on a new board, fins, leash and so on, I was just not ready to spend another 100 or something on a board sock.

So why not sew my own board sock? I am not a big sewer myself, but pillows and easy stuff are fine AND I own a sewing machine – so: let’s go! Here is how you can make your own surf board sock.

This part of our Roadtrip Essentials series is all about your safety and about some useful and helpful stuff that we store in our van or take it along to our surf trips. Of course the list is not complete, but we see these items as really “essential” must-haves, having experienced regular facepalms when we again forgot one or two or even more of them. So hopefully this post will help YOU not to forget them on your next trip!

As the roadtrip season is approaching, we start our series of Roadtrip Essentials. Here are our ultimate personal road trip must-haves. On different tours around Europe, they have been tested and approved, sometimes forgotten, “aaahhh, we should have brought…!” and intensely been missed. So here is part one of the things you should not forget to pack in the category Style and Gear.

Sri Lanka is a wonderful destination offering everything that you are looking for on your surf trip. And beside beaches and waves, there is so much more to discover on this tropical island once called „Ceylon“ with a turbulent history of many reigns, religions and invasions, leaving behind impressive monuments of the past.

From an abundance of things to see and do, this is my essence what definitely not to leave out in this beautiful, luminous country.