Starting on the 16th of June the PKRA Cabarete kitesurf world cup is held right here at Cabarete’s main beach, Bozo. I will be cheering for dutch world champion Kevin Langeree and Youri Zoon, Clare and the kids will be cheering for the English people on tour.

Another exciting event is the World cup of football, needless to say not taking place in Cabarete , but can be watched at all the local Cabarete bars on big wide screen tv’s. England just had a dissapointing start against the USA, Holland is up on Monday against Denmark.

What’s been going on at Swell in the last few weeks?

More repeat clients coming back, people that initially stayed with us in February and March have returned for more kite surfing,SUP and surfing so clearly these clients like Cabarete and Swell surf camp which we are very happy about.
Another good thing was that ,what was supposed to be a quiet month, May, turned out the be pretty much the busiest month we have had since opening 5 months ago. The rest of Cabarete town was almost dead and Swell had almost 100% occupancy with a great buzz and vibe going.

We have started the first ‘expansion’ of Swell: a new kite / surf storage room, so all your gear can be nicely stored away within the camp.

What have we been up to besides work?
-Drew (13 years) is really into his kitesurfing these days.
-Euan (10 years) is starting to learn the kitesurfing with Luciano.
-Clare is loving the stand up paddle surfing, and is also trying to squeze a few kite surf hours in the afternoon when she has time.
-I have been sharing my windsurfing kit with Luciano, we both really enjoy being back doing the windsurf thing. ( in fact I am looking for a good 5.2 wavesail so if anyone has a good windsurf sail for sale, let me know).

Next few weeks
Lots of clients coming to swell to learn kitesurfing, surfing, SUP and some windsurfers as well, so should be good if this wind stays here.
More cheering for the football matches and the kiteboard worldcup.
Maybe a few parties?

Join us in the Caribbean surf town of Cabarete

Hasta pronto
Team Swell surf camp

Day in the life of Luciano Gonzalez @ Swell Surf Camp from Swell Surf Camp on Vimeo.

As you can see at the end of the video, Luciano is available for guests of Swell Surf Camp Cabarete for advanced kitesurf wave riding lessons and tips, downwinders etc.
But for beginners we also offer learn to kite surf lessons at the best kite surf school in Cabarete

We are going to be working on more video’s with the same guys from imperial Film in Cabarete, the next project will be a surf video of surfing on the North shore of the Dominican Republic

So here it is: the project top create the most social and comfortable hotel in Cabarete has been completed succesfully. Swell is open.

Have a look at some of the pictures in case you have any doubt about our new surf camp:

And here’s the communal area / kitchen in our surf camp

And here’s the very special fibre optic swimming pool

Want to relax after a good day of surfing in cabarete, play some pool billiards:

There’s a ton more pictures of our new budget surf hotel to be found here http://www.swellsurfcamp.com/

We are also very happy with the amount of interest there is from clients, the bookings are coming in very well, which is good since with the clients and the swell staff it will create the social vibe that we had intended with Swell surf camp Dominican Republic

Where is Puerto Plata? – NY Surf Film Festival 2009 from NY Surf Film Fest on Vimeo.

I like thse video’s promoting the kite or surf holidays here in cabarete, so if you finmd any more of thse vids, let me know.

On the surf side of things: there’s a new swell on it’s way so good surf starting this weekend.
The broken naish SUP is being fixed, so hopefully that will also be back in business soon.

Thanks Hurricane Bill for the following waves (it’s like Winter!!)

The season is exciting as right now, we have a HUGE swell that Bill is making; the waves on the reef are 10′ + and even the shore break was littered with surfers this afternoon at 6′+

A little rain and a lot of cloud was the worst we faced; fearless Dominicans take to the water in their droves when the conditions are extraordinary – nothing gets their heart pumping like a little danger from the huge breaking waves; it’s so entertaining to watch.