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Barcelona, Spain - Flickr - NASA Goddard Photo and Video. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Barcelona, Spain - Flickr - NASA Goddard Photo and Video
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BEFORE MODERN SPORT
El Palmar
How work, access and surfing shaped El Palmar.
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El Palmar de Vejer is a village in the municipality of Vejer de la Frontera in the Province of Cadiz, which stretches for 8 km along the Atlantic coast.
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BEFORE TOURISM
Work at the water’s edge
Alferez (roundabout, aid station): The central area of the beach has been named after a local bar and first aid station.
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2020
The shore becomes reachable
Since 2020, the village has a local radio station and a local magazine.
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Surfer Boy - Playa El Palmar
Surfer Boy - Playa El Palmar - Panama Province - Panama. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Surfer Boy - Playa El Palmar - Panama Province - Panama
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ORGANISED SPORT
Surfing reads the same coast differently
Services offered to tourists include several coastal restaurants where tourists can eat local dishes El Palmar is often visited by surf, bodyboard, kite surf, paddle surf and kayak surf lovers.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
El Palmar is recorded at 36.191° N, 6.070° W. A surf map fixes a name to one stretch of moving water, but the place changes with tide, swell direction, wind and the shape of the seabed.
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Barcelona, Spain - Flickr - NASA Goddard Photo and Video
Barcelona, Spain - Flickr - NASA Goddard Photo and Video. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Barcelona, Spain - Flickr - NASA Goddard Photo and Video
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TODAY
El Palmar now
The local surf breaker is known for its quality and predominant easterly winds.
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THE LEDGER
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This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Barcelona, Spain - Flickr - NASA Goddard Photo and Video
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Surfer Boy - Playa El Palmar
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Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked El Palmar de Vejer overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.