Archive for the ‘SURF CAMP’ Category
We are very happy to report that once again, Luciano Gonzalez, our chief Surf instructor at Swell has won this year’s Master of the Ocean competition, held each year in Cabarete. For the first time, the competition, which combines the 3 disciplines of surf, kitesurf and windsurf, included Stand-up-Paddleboarding (commonly known as SUP). This competition [...]
The water’s of the Atlantic ocean went back to normal after the longest lasting huge swell that we can remember in our 6 or more years here. Hurricane Igor with the tiny (in comparison) H. Julia tagging along behind, gave us the perfect waves from the perfect direction for some time now. My photo of [...]
Six months ago, we opened our new hotel. So far, it has been a success and we have had an overwhelmingly positive response from our clients. We’re not perfect, far from it in fact, but we’ve brought something new and fresh to a town that has suffered for the last 2 or more years from [...]
For all those people who have been asking, Cabarete and most of the Dominican Republic suffered no damage at all from the earthquake which devastated Haiti yesterday evening. I did not even feel the two tremors that were widely reported as being felt by most people in the town but I knew something was odd [...]
A lovely morning at Encuentro and my first opportunity to use the new camera lens – got some nice surf shots (on a small day) but here’s my favourite picture of the morning
Nightly thunderstorms are pretty spectacular at the moment – endless flashes of lightening and very loud thunder are not doing Jasper’s fear factor any good though. He sits shaking beneath my desk. The rain however is welcome for the surf hostel’s newly planted garden – Jim and I are getting a break from the evening [...]
Some strong wind came from nowhere yesterday – we both went out. Me on a directional board and a 9m kite – should have taken a 7 as I was hanging on for dear life and Jim went windsurfing. Jim took some shots around the bay – a typical windy Sunday in Cabarete. Euan is [...]
Our ladies T’s arrived. I asked our friends if they wanted a free one? What do they look like? they asked……. Two lovely volunteers in the photo below show us; Have a great weekend (and thanks to Sven for being such a sport) oh, and Dill the King Maltese (aka Little F..k.r) Disclaimer; no dogs [...]
So, finally we are able to say what we have been planning for the last 5 months. We had an idea to start a new company aimed at young people taking a time out after Uni. The idea is that they come to the Dominican Republic to learn Spanish and combine it with a [...]