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Proof That A French Upbringing Dramatically Increases One’s Beachbreak IQ 

Watch Kyllian Guerin’s ‘Mascaras’ from Mexico. 

cinema // Dec 23, 2025
Words by Brendan Buckley
Reading Time: < 1 minute

France is home to some of the world’s best beach breaks, with some exceptions. 

One exception, just for example, is if you didn’t happen to book a trip that perfectly coincides with an overhead swell (can’t be too long-period) and ESE winds blowing and a perfectly groomed sand bar that you stumble upon for the exact right 52-minute window where it’ll actually be pumping that day. 

Ain’t easy to score, but if you do… 

Naturally, the place has a profound effect on one’s beachbreak IQ. 

Proof? Yes, yes, of course, in the form of Kyllian Guerin’s new edit, ‘Mascaras.’ While the points like fun, it’s the work he puts in at Puerto that sticks out.

Bien joué. 

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