| Make sure to go for low cost holidays to Lanzarote so that you can have a relaxing getaway in this island without
spending much money. Here, you and your loved ones are almost guaranteed to have a great
time. The breathtaking scenery and beautiful places that you will see here will definitely
make you feel relaxed. There are plenty of fun and exciting activities that you can
do here that will surely make for a complete and worthwhile vacation. (advertisement) Island of Fire
Lanzarote is the wildest of the Canary
Islands. Born through Volcano activity, and shaped by fire. In the heart of the island the
famous "Montaņas de Fuego" (Fire Mountains)-National Park is a dramatic witness
to past devastations, when the lava ended numerous lifes under it's deadly heat during the
last centuries.
Today we witness incredible beauty, the
colours of the earth – black, brown and red. And we find excellent conditions for
surfing and windsurfing. Steffi Wahl and Henning Terstiege have visited this black beauty.
by Steffi Wahl
Winter
in Kiel, Germany, itīs cold, rainy and miserable with two degrees water temperature and I
need a lot of ravenous hunger to go windsurfing at the Baltic Sea. I want some sunlight
and warm water in January to get enough energy for the last exams before the holidays in
March and 2 days later I got a ticket to Lanzarote, Canary Islands for 120 € for one
week together with my boyfriend Henning.
Itīs
the first time that we travel to Lanzarote, we only heard some rumors that itīs better
for surfing than for windsurfing. Anyway, I never travel without my waveboards!
Arriving
at Lanzarote we get a great impression of the friendly people and the really unreal effect
of the island, with itīs jagged volcanic stones. Our rental car, a green Opel Corsa , is
going to be our home for seven days and we start to discover the island.
On the
first day, there is no wind at all and we move to the northwest of the island to catch
some swell for surfing. In Famara we find a nice reefbreak with a lot of really good
locals on this clean, long wave. We watch some great surfing action and drive along the
westcoast to La Santa.
Long
waves turning around a neck of land and a great sunset with a colourful sky welcome us.
Itīs just incredible to wear shorts in january that I almost forget the snowy and cold
Germany. Rasmus, our windsymbol, has mercy with us on the next two days of our short trip
to Lanzarote. A moderate northeast trade wind blows and we are the only windsurfers for
two hours at a spot called “ Jameos del Agua”. For tourists itīs a great
attraction because of some caves in the volcano, but we are fascinated by 2-3 m waves on
the atlantic ocean.
Jameos
del Agua is incredible for windsurfing, especially waveriding. Clean, long waves invite us
to go rippinī the whole day. In the afternoon some locals join our waveriding and they
tell us that there was no wind at all during the past five weeks. We are so happy and
lucky to get wind and sun in only one week! Check out Lanzarote for windsurfing and
surfing. Itīs fantastic! |
windgirls-trip: Lanzarote
