We were 7 friends that stayed at Planet Surf Camps, a surf camp where we also got surfing lessons five days of our stay. The surf was actually really good. All days of our surf scool we had nice, clean waves rolling in, some days a little bit better than the other. The wavesurfing season is in the winter, and even though the best winds are in the summer we also got a few really nice kitesurfing days on the water, too.

I have been travelling to a lot of places for surfing, and I have to admit that Fuertevenura is one of the best. The kitesurfing spots were great, the surfing was super, the people at the surf camp were friendly, the teachers were very helpful, the weather was warm (for beeing Europe), the flight was not too long and the food was great.

If you are planning your surfing or kitesurfing vacation, give Fuerteventura a shot! Here’s a few tips that’s helpful if you decide to visit the windy, Spanish island.

• Invite your friends to the trip, it’s fun to join the surf lessons togheter with friends!
• Buy cheap flights – you can find really cheap flights to Fuerteventura
• Bring a 3/2 long wetsuit in the winter, that was warm enough
• Stay in Corralejo (close to many surfspots)
• Book accomodation at Planet Surf Camp – or some other surf camp, but this was a great one!
• Rent a car from the airport when you arrive (perfect if you want to see more of the island)
• Eat dinner at the local areas close to the harbour where the food is cheap and delicious.
• Surf, eat, sleap, repeat and enjoy you perfect vacation!

Surf teacher Gala preparing us for the spot Rocky Point

Planet Surf Camps was situated in Corralejo, in a new, fresh house with a lot of rooms for 2-6 people. The rooms were simple, but fresh and clean. You could hang out with the other guests in the living rooom/kitchen or outside on the balcony, where there also was a ping pong table, a billiard table, indo board, chill out area and a small pool.

Surfhouse to the right

We got divided into two groups, depending on how much surfing we have done before. We surfed for about 3 hours a day, usally in the morning but sometimes in the afternoon – depending on the best swell of course. The surf teachers stuffed us into a car and drove to the best spot for the day, so you never had to worry about the forecast and swell yourself which I think was great.

Me and the surf teacher Marco on the crossing each others boards

Personally I learned a lot from the course. I learned how to use the channels to easily get out to the waves, to get up on the board properly – but most important I finally learned how to turn on the wave! The teachers were riding with us all the time, and gave some great advises that I will keep in my mind from now on:

• Chest, butt, back foot, frontfoot – how to stand up properly!
• Arms in front, not to the sides (this was something I had to work on a lot!)
• Arms and eyes to the side you want to turn – and weight down.
• Weight forward for getting more speed.

I loved the trip and Fuerteventura is definitely a place I would like to visit again. If you are planning on going somewhere warm in the winter, Fuerteventura is one of the best places within a short flight time from Northern Europe. The weather is a lot like the Finnish summer, so the temperature varies but can give you everything between sunny afternoons in bikini to cold nights in winter jacket.

And as said before the kitesurfing was also surprisingly good. The famous Flag beach was ok with pretty consistent side-onshore, but you had too watch out for the rocks close to the beach on low tide. They  were really sharp and the board can get damaged pretty easily.

Watch out for the sharp reef on low tide!

The other spot we found, close to the lighthouse in El Cotillo, was a small lagoon with perfectly flat water, so nice! I practised tricks here for 1½ days and could have stayed there.. The spot was good only on high tide, on low tide it was to shallow and too many rocks. A little bit crowded though sometimes. But i loved it.

Last but not least, here’s more photos from the trip and also a short GoPro-video made by Planet Surf Camps!

Here you find more info about Planet Surf Camps!

My wetsuit: Rip Curl Dawn Patrol 3/2

Kitesurfing gear: Airush Razor kites and Airush Diamond board

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Thanks to Jonathan for both filming (except from some clips from picturefactory) and editing this video. You are the best!

I hope you enjoy my video! At least we can miss the summer toghether while watching! Awesome summer…

Click here to watch the video in HD-quality on vimeo. 

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I also got the chance to test the new clothes from Rip Curl, and I could not be more happy about them. The hood on the jacket is big and fits even well with the helmet on, and the trousers are comfy and warm.

A couple of videos from last weekends snowkiting!

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So here’s a short edit from the summer at the wakespot. It’s Tony, Jonathan and me riding. If you don’t like wakeboarding you can watch it beacause of the nice crashes in the end – they look really funny!

Something pretty cool is that I go for a 360 on the kicker for the first time in my life as this was shooted. And i landed it! That explains my happy face pretty well!

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I think this camera is going to see and experience a lot of things, all from snowy snowkiting in cold Norway to sandy beaches somewhere far away…

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To learn back to blind I had to think about is as in two steps – first a backroll, and then a blind. Now after a lot of practise I always get the spin right, but the handlepass is the worst part. It feels somtimes that I am letting go of the bar without even trying, so I decided after an advice from Jonathan to imagine that I didn’t have any leasch, so I could not let go of the bar cause then the kite would fly away.. It actually worked and I landed it right away!

I will also make a kitesurfing video from the season a little bit later, Jonathan promised to do the editing! ;)

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We walked into the water and Sofia started to steer the kite in the air. It went surprisingly well, and after a few tries Sofia also bodydragged upwind. Now it was time to try “for real” with the board on the feet. The first three-four tries Sofia did not streer the kite down properly and ended up on the back int the water, but then she suddenly was up and rode a few metres forward! Wihhoo!

Here you can see a videoclip from the day and the interview in swedish, and here you can hear the longer version with Sofia’s version of the experience, and read a short notice about it with pictures (all in swedish). Thank you Sofia for a funny day and a really yummy pizza after the session!

PS. Did you notice the new Airush Razor 2014 team kite in the pictures? It was the first time a tried it, brandnew as a present to open before we started the lesson. I love the new white fabric. In the light wind I did not feel any difference from the last years model, but it was amazing as always. I am pretty sure that it isn’t possible to improve what’s already perfect. But I can’t wait to test it for real in stronger winds!

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BTW, the Airush Razor 2013 kites (sizes: 5.5, 7, 9, 11 & 13 m2) are for sale right now at Rautio Sports! All of the kites have been used just a few times, and they are as good as new! The small kites have been used less than five times, and the bigger kites maybe around 10 times. And I promise the kite did not break when I was jumping on it in the end of the video, it was no air in it… ;)

Airush Razor – an awesome freestyle kite!

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The kitesurfingvideo makes me so happy! Not because I landed every trick i tested, but beacause I remember how awesome the trip was and how fun we had when we were filming it. Enjoy the video!

Thank you Jonathan for filming and editing this video!

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