2004 – My first ever visit to El Yaque – 10 windsurf centers – Over 100 windsurfers on the water – Windy every day. 2016 – My 8th visit to El Yaque – 1 windsurf center – 15 windsurfers on the water – Windy every day. International news about Venezuela’s economic mis-management and safety concerns […]
No better way to spend the winter than on a Caribbean beach! I’m back in El Yaque for some winter training, and the season is on fire! Generally speaking January is not peak season, but the wind has been on and strong nearly every day. I’m windsurfing out from the Club Nathalie Simon center, the best […]
Happy New Year! Hope if you’re reading this you enjoyed the holidays and welcomed 2016 in style. I spent Christmas at home in Canada at my parents house with family, it was a fun contrast to the months spent in Brazil. To keep things exciting I went off with my brothers for a short ski […]
Praia de Malhada Backloop. Photo by Adrian Irvine. I had a great 2 months on Brazil’s North Eastern coast this past November and December. My 9th time going to magical Jericoacoara – and I will surely be back again next year. There is no place like it: the wind blows every single day. I had […]
Two weeks ago I flew to Poland’s capital, Warsaw for an indoor windsurfing competition. The first indoor event in the last 8 years. I was really excited going there, because as well as being Canadian I’m also Polish, both my parents being from there. I flew there with a spot in the trials in both […]