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
