Ramzi BOUKHIAM: An up coming Moroccan talented surfer!!!

Ramzi Boukhiam From Agadir Morocco

The beginning of Ramzi Boukhiam

Ramzi BOUKHIAM Started surfing in Morocco, with the school program of the french school in Morocco lead by Hérvé pignoge, the founder of the first surfing association in Morocco! Cap Surf Morocco.

Ramzi BOUKHIAM is now on the ASP Juniors, and is doing pretty good. The last competion he competed in was the  was the YOP Reunion pro Juniors in la Reunion Island where he finished 3rd of the event. His ranking in the ASP Europe Junior now is 3rd and 30th in the ASP world junior ranking.

Ramzi is now living in France where his sponsor recommended him to be if he wanted to continue the amazing evolution in performance surfing he's been doing.

We wish you all the best in your professional career, and we will always support you. Thanks for all the exitment you are giving us all Moroccans. Keep on surfing!!!!

Safi, May be the best wave in Morocco

Safi surf Morocco

History of Surfing Safi Morocco

In 1982, Luc Soutif, a surfeur of Pont blondin( north of Casablanca) now living in Reunion Island (his son Yann Soutif is doing good in the Juniors at the moment) was working in the harbor of Safi. While he was back to Casablanca or receiving friends,he used to show the pictures of the perfect surf to his friends, and inviting them to stop to surf with him this jewel

photo in Safi in 1985 by Hérvé pignoche alias ''coach''

Going for there yearly trip to Anchor point, Taghazout. Henry EL Grishi et Hakim KARAM are his 2 first friends to stop by in 1984 to surf this magic wave with him. They surfed a consistant 8 ft swell with no one out.

Photo by the "coach"

Huge flash of the guys for this wave, they started coming to surf it when ever there was a big swell. They rented the house of a belgian expat, where they used to watch the surf from his garden: The origine of the first name of this wave: The Garden

2005, a magical session

since then, many names and many surfers came to surf this wave, to become in 2002, a national park of surfing inaugurated by the Moroccan king

2011, the epic session of the season, photo by http://www.africaextrem.com/