
Surf Mama in Surf Girl Mag
Out of the kitchen, into the surf
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: beach life, Biarritz, feminism, surf, surf books, surf girl, surf mama, travel, wilma johsnon, Womens surfing
Out of the kitchen, into the surf
Categories: Uncategorized • Tags: beach life, Biarritz, feminism, surf, surf books, surf girl, surf mama, travel, wilma johsnon, Womens surfing
Having a Swell time….. Very nice interview in Living France magazine April Issue, you can also find out how to get married in France, how to buy your Dream Home and how to make chocolate meringues which I might try later if I’m feeling brave…. Buy the magazine http://www.completefrance.com/magazines/living-france Buy the book http://www.amazon.co.uk/Surf-Mama-Womans-Happiness-Perfect-ebook/dp/B00KO6YRX6
Categories: press, surf mama • Tags: Biarritz, Dingle, Living France, Living in France, surf, surf book, surfbooks, wilma johnson, Womens surfing
Wilma Johnson surfs her dreams. In her book ‘Surf Mama’, Wilma Johnson tells the story of how she left an Irish fishing village with her family to come and live in Guéthary and live her dream – to surf. Words Sylvie Barrens ( translation WJ) Photos Bertrand Lapègue To be honest, Wilma the artist wasn’t destined to become a ‘real’ surfer, the type who heads off in December in the rain to catch waves beach, and comes back with […]
Categories: press, surf mama • Tags: Ballydavid, Biarritz, surf, surf mama, surfbooks, surfmama, wilma johnson, women surfing, Womens surfing
Really nice ’20 minute book review’ in The Connexion. Just a little disclaimer – I was only referring to my own ‘dowdy 70s layered haircut ‘- no-one else has one, except perhaps the sheep . Need to make that clear or I may never drink Guinness in Dingle again! It had never occurred to me that wetsuit manufacturers do not offer a maternity range but Wilma Johnson noticed it as she was summing up the good (three children) and the bad (a […]
Categories: press, surf mama • Tags: Biarritz, Dingle, Living in France, mamas surf club, surf book, surfmama, The Connexion, Womens surfing
Wilma Johnson is living on the West Coast of Ireland with her husband and 3 small children. She is an artist and homemaker, whilst her husband takes to the waves and enjoys the surf. After 10 years and an increasingly wobbly marriage, the whole family decamps to Olatua, Biarritz in search of the Endless Summer Dream. Her surfing life at the age of 44 is just about to begin and she determines to learn to stand on a piece of […]
Categories: press • Tags: surf book, surf mama, travel writing, trip fiction, Womens surfing