Always respect the locals. Especially when in Nazare and they may have to save your life. Even on a flat day I wasn't going out on the North beach as It would tear me apart #nazaresurf
Oftentimes, it takes us buckets of tears, sweat and (literally) blood before we achieve what we want in life. But so long as it means waking up the next day to a morning as majestic and picturesque as this, I would not mind fighting till I shed the last b