{"id":126515,"date":"2026-05-08T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tracksmag.com.au\/?p=126515"},"modified":"2026-05-07T08:02:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T22:02:06","slug":"watch-natxo-gonzalez-miguel-blanco-kepa-acero-discover-empty-waves-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tracksmag.com.au\/watch-natxo-gonzalez-miguel-blanco-kepa-acero-discover-empty-waves-in-africa","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Natxo Gonzalez, Miguel Blanco &amp; Kepa Acero discover empty waves in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Africa is considered by many as the final frontier of surf exploration with thousands of km&#8217;s of untouched coastline waiting to be found. Who better to send on a mission to tap into some of that undiscovered potential than Kepa Acero. The Basque surfer is a modern day explorer and Google Earth expert who has dedicated much of his surfing career to finding new waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kepa was joined by fellow European chargers Miguel Blanco and Naxto Gonzalez. Their adventure forms the basis of Oxbow&#8217;s latest short film &#8216;Surfing the Red Island&#8217;. Here&#8217;s what they had to say about the edit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;This African island is packing 6,000 km of coastline &#8211; pretty much a dream playground for wave hunters. Basque surfer Kepa Acero had heard plenty of stories about empty lineups, perfect peeling waves and reefs that can handle serious size. So when a solid swell popped up on the charts, he made the call with two full-send chargers- his basque buddy Natxo Gonzalez and Portuguese ripper Miguel Blanco. Together, they scored dreamy waves and soaked up a culture just as rich as the surf.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hit the link above to watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;Surfing the red island&#8217; is an insight into the final frontier of surf exploration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10082,"featured_media":126516,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[82,1,341,332],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126515","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film","category-general","category-slider-film","category-slider-home"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Watch: Natxo Gonzalez, Miguel Blanco &amp; Kepa Acero discover empty waves in Africa - Tracks Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tracksmag.com.au\/watch-natxo-gonzalez-miguel-blanco-kepa-acero-discover-empty-waves-in-africa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Watch: Natxo Gonzalez, Miguel Blanco &amp; 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