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Mada x Soul & Surf: Surfboard Shenanigans

Our Adam – head honcho over at Soul & Surf Portugal & shaper of surfboards at Mada – delves into some of the different shapes & styles of stick, and explains why you can never have too many.

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Soul & Surf Sunday Sessions

How do the filthy pursuits of parties and music fit with our holier-than-thou surf, yoga & nowness obsessions?

Sustainably Solo: The Green Angle to Taking a Solo Trip

Going solo isn't just about popping off on an adventure – it's a chance to expand your understanding of different cultures, landscapes and even to make better choices for the planet. When you travel solo, you're in control of every decision ...

Why Autumn is the Best Time of Year in Portugal

We've been hanging out on the South Coast of Portugal's Algarve for nearly eight years now – how has that happened?? – so we've got a pretty good sense of our favourite things, particularly when it is surf-related.

‘Freedom Day’ – and the songs that started a rebellion

Liberdade! Today marks the anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, the military coup that overthrew Salazar's Estado Novo regime, enabled democracy in Portugal, and freedom for its colonies.

Soul & Surf Recipes | Monkey Jam

Food, food, sunshine food. There isn't a lot more sunshine-y than our tropical Monkey Jam, served up at our breakfast tables in Kerala, Lanka and Portugal. Here we share the simple recipe with you - so you can bring a ...

Our (Soul &) Surf Guide to the Surf Spots of The Algarve

We've compiled our very own Surf Guide for the Algarve. South, West & Mid Coast (yes, that's a thing) - our favourite places to surf, wrapped up into a neat little guide. Just for you.

The Soul of Surfing Revolution

At Soul & Surf we believe it’s high time for a surfing revolution. A Soul of Surfing revolution that we’ll be rolling out throughout 2021.

You Can’t Sell Community. But You Can Build It.

If you sell stuff you have to have a community, don’t you? We tell you how to build a community, the Soul & Surf way.

Soul People – Becca

Becca is one of the best therapists we’ve ever met – and we’ve met a few – as well as being a yoga teacher and all-round brilliant human being.

It’s been 10 years – why we’re still at it

Founder Ed Templeton talks about the last decade – yes, decade – of Soul & Surf, the challenges, the incredible experiences, and why it's still so important to carry on.

An Earth Day Interview with Mossy Earth

In order to reach our own Sustainable-ish targets, one of the things we’ve done is partnered with Mossy Earth - read on for the interview.

2020? See ya (wouldn’t want to be ya)

The year began with all manner of smug, pithy ‘2020 vision’ articles, comments and posts. Who’d have thunk what would happen next?

The Best Way To Do A Lockdown

2020. It's been a tricksy old year, eh? Sourdough was invented, we learned a new term – 'furlough' (which I honestly thought was something to do with farming,) and all of us overused the word 'unprecedented.' What a time to be ...

Season 1 in Portugal – we did it!

Phewee, we’ve come to the end of our first season in Europe. 

Portugal Winter Sessions

It might still be peak season over in Portugal, at our new home in the Algarve, but we've been busy behind the scenes making plans for how we'll be spending our first winter in Europe.

Adam Simpson

Next up in our Soul People Series: meet Adam, our Manager of both hotel and surf over at Soul & Surf Portugal.

Natalie Fox: A plastic voyage

Soul People: Those of you who've been to stay with us at Soul & Surf Portugal already will have met Nat, our fantastic yoga teacher.

The best Pastel de Nata in Lagos

Since starting our Portugal Pop-Ups three years ago, we have eaten our way through a lot of these little cakes, so below is a list of some of our favourite pastel joints in and around Lagos, in the Algarve.

Exploring Portugal with Katie Rae

Soul People - On our most recent trip to Portugal, we brought our friend - and incredibly talented photographer - Katie Rae along with us. We talk about her experience, and why it is so special here.