Léa Brassy

Surfing

Hometown

Honfleur, Normandy, France

Resides

Guéthary, Pays Basque, France

Bio

Surfing drives Léa’s life. She’s constantly on the lookout for the perfect moment, either at home or during her travels, to drop into a wave and ride. Her lifestyle revolves around this quest and all her belongings fit into her Grandfather’s old van. This van is the only home she’s known as an adult, providing shelter during her search for the next hidden break.

Career Highlights

Rode her first wave with a bodyboard in Normandy at age 11
Received her best Christmas present ever – a surfboard from her parents at age 12
Moved to Bretagne, France to attend surfing school when she was 14
Started experiencing a self-sufficient, organic approach to life at age 16
Studied agriculture in the West Indies (surfed more than studied)
Rode her first big wave at Guéthary, France

Worked as a nurse when she was 22
Made a solo trip around New Zealand at age 23
Surfed the cold waters of Northern Norway when she was 24
Crossed the Atlantic from France to Greenland
Rode her first tube in Chile