Surfing in the Arctic circle in Lofoten

When I say surfing, maybe t*ropical islands *pop into your mind. Maybe a warm beach in Portugal with a seller walking by saying ''Cerveja, Coca-Cola, agua''. This time, surfing means Scandinavia, a thick wetsuit, and north of the polar circle. **Lofoten **allows you to surf the whole year around. Surfing inside the Arctic circle is becoming more and more popular now that the surfing community has discovered that it's amazing to surf here. 

For more boarding, have a look at the skate hotel!

Lofoten is regarded as having the most beautiful islands on earth. The Disney film **Frozen **was made with the **Lofoten islands **in the background. That's an attractive and cool fun fact for Norway.

Surfers who have a fear of sharks and who do not wish to confront those sharks can come to **Lofoten **as the sharks that we have are very small and won't bother you. Our sharks are usually a **porbeagle or a dogfish (those are small sharks). According to Science illustrated Norway, none of the Norwegian shark residents are dangerous (take their word for it, not mine). Also, we have **12-meter **big basking sharks that swims in the *waters *which are not dangerous. Thank goodness for the *surfers *that it's vegan.

When the sun doesn't set

The summer months offer a sun that never sets which is nice for surfing because then you can come late in the evening without thinking about the light. As Ying and yang go, in the *winter *the *darkness *arrives and the *light *leaves.

**Chris Burkhard **is a guy from Australia who takes photos of the **surfers **who visit the **Lofoten islands **and is showing us the process of the **surfing **through his photos. He captures the enthusiastic **surfer **looking hard to find the next wave to hit with snow falling down and some **ice **in the background to show that the cold environment is not stopping the surfer from doing his thing.

If you google ''arctic surf'' you'll see things that look spectacular. Spectacular nowadays means it might be fake. You can see a **surfer **on a *wave *who's jumping above it with *snow *on the *beach *and a big inactive *volcano mountain *packed with **snow **in the background. To comprehend the spectacular things in life, the best way would be to take your own eyes to Lofoten islands and discover that it's actually real.

In Unstad, there's a surf shop led by Kristian Breivik. It's the northmost surf shop at 68.16 degrees north. The market for **Unstad **has changed a bit over the years since previously there lived around 300 people here and now it's less than 15. Although it earns its income on outside visitors from all over the world who purchases the boards and orders services. The shop was previously an all-you-need kind of shop that sold *food *like **sugar **and **flour **to **mounting screws **and glue.

**Surfing **has taken place since the early **60s **in Lofoten. The **guy **in the surf shop will tell you about how the surfers went to **Australia **with ship jobs and started **surfing **there and attempted to *recreate *the *boards *and proceeded with that in Lofoten. You'll hear about the first surfers of **Norway **which are Thor Frantzen and Hans Egil Krane.