I cannot think of a better way to combine our surf holiday passion for France with our love for a good party than to join in France’s Bastille Day celebrations! Each year on the 14th of July, the whole country is turned upside down and everybody just seems a little happier. For all of you sleeping through French history in school, Bastille Day – also known as the French National Day – commemorates the start of the French Revolution with the Storming of the Bastille on July, 14 1789 and celebrates the unity of the French people at the Fête de la Fédération. Surely, our Moliets surf camp team and our surf holiday guests sized this opportunity to get out of the surf camp, join in the festivities and make the day memorable once again!

We all woke up early on Tuesday morning, absolutely buzzing with excitement for the day ahead of us. A coach took our entire surf camp to the first stop of the day: the craziest water park in the South of France! Still 2 miles away from the park, we got a good first look at what was about to happen when we say gigantic water slides towering over huge swimming pools.

Once in the water park, we headed straight to what was, of course, the biggest drop in the park, appropriately called “The Diminisher”. Countless steps later, we found ourselves both looking out over trees and down at a near vertical drop. It took a little convincing, but we all made it down safe and were hungry for more. A few hours of fun and hundreds of slides later, we hopped back on the bus, this time heading to Biarritz for more fun and celebrations!

After a little tour through the beautiful old town of Biarritz, we were ready for drinks and getting that party started! With the sun setting over the beach and ocean, the music started playing and we started boogieing until the early morning. The cherry on top was an amazing firework display, lighting up the city and showing us the perfect end to our surf holiday day away from the surf camp. We got back to our Moliets camp exhausted but happy, ready for another day’s surfing perfect waves and more sunny surf holidays adventures!

Fancy joining us for more fantastic surf holiday celebrations in Moliets? We’ve still got a few tent spaces available for this summer. Get more info here!

We can’t wait to be surfing with you in France!

Katie & the Moliets Star Surf Camps Team