24.07 2010

Hey!

It has been a while that I didn't give any new about me but now I think it's time to tell you about my last holiday and what is going next.

Every summer we spent our holidays on the Islands Paros and Rhodos in Greece. But this year my family and Iwanted to change. So we planned something that we first thought unbelievable, but in the end we did it.. We drove from Switzerland with our old camping car to Portimao (south of Portugal), took the boat and arrived two days later in Cran Canaria! We drove to Pozo, the famous wave spot where every year the Wordlchampions chips takes place and surfed there for 4 days. Then we took again the boat and sailed to Fuerteventura. It’s a really nice island we visited almost every beach and saw a lot of nice ones. But most of the time we stayed in Sotavento, the most windi place in the south of the Island. We surfed a lot, almost all days. You can surf in the lagoon, at center René Egli 1, René 2 or just in the middle of both. I preffered to sail in between of both centers. There are less people, the wind is always stronger and constant, on the left side good chop for shakas toads etc. and on the right perfect flat water!

We also visited the north of the Island and the best spot for me was Punta Blanca! It’s side on with wind from the right which is my good way. When we surfed there, there was some nice swell. Waves up to 3 meters that were really easy to jump and not dangerous. It’s also very good for surfing the waves. After Punta Blanca we went to El Cotillo. We practised some bodyboard and surf in the quite high breaking waves.

So we drove around the Island looking for the spots and just have fun during the holidays. Although the trip was very expensive with the long road and boat journey, I really recommend it to people that like wild camping (because there is not any camping on the Island) and who want to change and do something new. And of course to people that look for a wind sure place!

We spent there till the 24 of August. Now I’m in Switzerland, working to do some money and I’m still planning a trip for the whole winter, because this year is a special year for me. I’m doing a year break with the school, to surf as much as possible and beside that to learn spanish. I’m planning to go to south Spain after January till the summer. From November to January I’ll go to Jericoacoara (Brazil) to train full power!!! =))

Yeah so I’ll keep you updated and post soon a movie from Fuerteventura ;)

All the best           

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