Trying to escape the European winter the NOMB Surfcrew is heading back to the Canary Islands in January 2019: TENERIFE TAKE-OFF is the name of our next surfholiday! Yippie!
This years surfcoaching trip to the Canaries, Lanzarote Legacy in January, has been pretty damn good. Ok, the weather could have been a little bit nicer but never mind, the NOMB Surfcrew had a hell of a time. Looooads of waves, improvements and great memories. Leaving us with the wish to return to the volcanic rocks in front of the African coast.
TENERIFE TAKE-OFF will take us to the north of this cone shaped island. Did you know that El Teide, the highest peak on Tenerife, is also the highest peak in whole Spain?? That´s right, 3.718m of volcanic rock are sticking out in the middle of the island. Well, to be honest, the whole island of Tenerife is one gigantic volcano. We will stay in a characteristic house in the north of the island, far away from the big hotels and mass tourism of the south. Even though there are great waves in the south of the island as well, we will try to stay away from the crowds and explore the north and west coast spots. Guided by legend EMILIO DE ARMAS from It´s On Private Surfcoaching the NOMB Surfcrew will pass seven days of great waves and professional surfcoaching on this magical island. Magical? Yep, right. Check out this little video and get lost in Tenerife´s beauty!
Wow, how amazing is this little island?? Sooo much to explore, so many waves to surf. We totally can´t wait to get over there.
TENERIFE TAKE-OFF will be run as a surfholiday. What does that mean? A NOMB Surfholiday trip is the perfect mix of surfing + relaxing + exploring. It is designed for surfers who want to surf & improve but are also looking for some down time away from their every day stress. Throughout the week there will be yoga sessions, perfect for you to wind down and stretch the used paddle muscles. We will be joined by one of our NOMB Surfchefs, spoiling us with tasty and nutritious food. A surfholiday is an overall carefree trip, designed for you to surf and relax!
So what´s included in a NOMB Surfholiday?
7 days of surfcoaching
7 night of accommodation in a great house (shared)
power breakfast & fantastic dinner
transport
surf equipment (if needed)
safety introduction to surfspots
photo/video analysis
yoga sessions
surf theory
free time
exploring & activities (possible extra charge)
loads of fun and new friends
waves, waves and more waves
As you see, all you need to do is surf, relax and surf. Everything else will be organized for you!! The best bit about the NOMB Surfcoaching trips however is the individual coaching and family atmosphere. Each trip has a maximum of 6 surfers, guaranteeing a highly individual coaching. The results are usually mindblowing 😉
Want to take your surfing to the next level? Want to run around from dark winter days? Want to spend 7 days getting spoiled? There are 4 more surfspaces left on this incredible surfcoaching trip to Tenerife. Hurry up and secure one for yourself![vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]
Imagine this feeling: you’ve just checked the surfforecast and you know the surf at your favourite surfspot will be just EPIC tomorrow.
But unfortunately you might not be the first one thinking that way. You arrive at the surfspot – no doubt, it will be on fire, but also with a crowded line up. Well, as not all of us are born as Pro’s, we’d probably catch a few waves in a few hours but there will be (hopefully not always) these surfers who are paddling better, sitting closer to the peak or are just lucky enough that the waves decide to go their direction.
Of course, training and surfing is everything: paddle harder, get stronger. Yeess, we’re also willing to do that but aren’t there also other things that we could do? Right, we are talking about timing and knowledge! And that does not only mean the timing while catching the wave or paddling for it. You should also be able to find the best timing for an epic surf on the surfspot! And for that you need knowledge! (Well, we admit, the Pro’s will always know better than us, but maybe they prefer a sleep in, so you could also check the surfspot for an early morning Surf-Session.)
Well, what can you do find the right time to surf your surfspot? If we’re talking about your favourite surfspot, you’d probably already know this one pretty well and know the best time to enter according to the conditions. But what, if you wanna try new surfspots?
The answer is simple: get to know your surfspot!
There are different surf-forecasts like Magicseaweed, Surfforecast, Windguru or Wizuki. They help you to get an idea of what the surf could be like. But the next step is understanding the surfspot when you see it! Swellsize and swelldirection info help you to know if the spot will work at all, but there are also many unnamed surfspots that you might wanna surf one day. Preferably alone, so it would be handy to be able to understand how a surfspot is working!
Besides the forecasts, get to know and observe the surfspot is actually the first thing you should do when you want to surf a new spot. You can read about it, ask people who already surfed there or are coming out of the water.
Buuuut: have a look at the surf at different tides. Even if the spot is normally only working on high tide, check it out at low tide. You will see how the ocean bottom is shaped – either the reef or the sandbanks. Especially knowing the reef below will help you to avoid cracking your board ;). Well, if there are waves, you’d probably just wanna go in and don’t spent two more days watching the surfspot. You know what, go for it! There’s nothing worse than missing a good surf when you could have entered! But then take your time to watch the surf spot afterwards and get to know it!
Be able to identify channels, currents and the ocean floor (not always easy, but you will get there ;)) Cause you really don’t wanna get stuck in the white wash and duckdive until you have no air and energy left for surfing when you could have just paddled one meter more to the left! If you watch the waves (not only for 5 minutes) you can see when and where the sets (and also the scary freak sets) arrive. Understand the shape of the wave. That will help you to decide which of the 10 surfboards you brought with you, is finally gonna enter the water 😉
Within all this watching, don’t forget to jump in and surf!
Watch the surfers who are already in the line up! They might know this wave and while watching them, you will get an idea of what you are dealing with. The next step is: just go in the water! Even if you just sit in the channel, that’s the first step to your next surf. Paddle closer to the peak and figure out if the wave is as dangerous as it looked from the outside (just don’t drop into someone elses wave and don’t kill other surfers in the line up!)
Cause try and fail is better than not being in the water! And honestly, at some point we all stop failing and start surfing new and challenging spots 😉 And the good thing about surfing and nature is, that with more (or less) wind, other swellsize and swelldirections, the spot can be totally different! Yes, that sucks sometimes – if you can’t surf the epic waves that you surfed here yesterday, but you will never stop exploring and learning! So always go in and also get to know the ugly side of this waves. And you never know, there might be a lonely beautiful wave, with a nice shape, which you can surf on this shitty day! And maybe you will figure out that this so called high tide spot is also working at mid or low tide with a certain swellsize and direction.
And peeps, you won’t get to know a surfspot in one day, it’s the same with learning how to surf – unfortunately also not possible in one day (or month 😛 ) Sooooo keep watching, trying and surfing. And maybe you will wake up one morning with the gift of knowing where to paddle out, even without checking the forecast.
You just had the perfect Surf Session, ripped wave after wave, made turns and tricks on this perfect lefthander and you feel just pure happiness and being one with the ocean and nature.
As we are all just humans, we kind of wanna share this feeling with others and express our happiness even more while talking about it (here we do not talk about getting a whitewashwave, we mean real waves, these green walls in the ocean that you can surf to the left or to the right :P) Soooo imagine you are coming out of the water, and you are lucky enough that there are not a lot of people around because you just surfed a surfspot that isn’t already on every surfermap.
But at the latest when you hang out with your friends and other surfers at night to have a beer (or as responsable surfer just a water) you have to talk about this session, cause everyone can still see the smile on your face. They might think you are just super stoned, but “Hey guys, it was just an epic surf session!”. You will start to tell about the shape of the wave (of course A-Frame, perfect size, glassy, no wind and and and) and then there will be the point where your friends and also other people are going to ask you “And where is this wave you are always talking about!”
Now the struggle is getting real. Cause you wanna share this feeling and take all the people that you like with you, but they will tell friends and they tell friends and your secret will be soon no secret anymore. Now it’s on you to make a choice:
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Love, Peace and Harmony – you trust in the good of people and noooo wayy that they will tell others about this epic surfspot
Actually that would be an awesome solution! Cause your friends will of course just go there with you, and even if they go alone, it won’t be the same and they’ll never tell other people about this spot! So the secret surf will always be maintained and you can continue having the barrels and the surf of your life there. With your friends you can also make a hidden bonfire barbecueing beer night (of course well protected, nooo one will see you), sleep there and go for an early morning surf as well. Chaakkkaaaa – if life would be that easy…. 😉 Well guys, lets talk about reality, in two weeks from now on, this place might also be crowded and you have to go and get yourself ready for your next journey to find another secret surf spot. The good thing: you will be smarter the next time 😛
You don’t share because you can keep your happiness for yourself
Jackpot – you made a really hard decision and have a really strong personality! I mean, surfing is not that kind of group sport! Who even likes other people in his or her wave? Yes, no one! They are just disturbing and annoying! So better don’t tell anyone and have it all for your self! (Actually besides sarcasm, you can also find truth in this one, because yes, it is a magical feeling if it is just you, the ocean, your surfboard and the wave – the peace on earth!
You can select the people that are thrustworthy enough to share this secret with
Well, that would be the optimization of surfing! And yes, that can work out! I mean, you should be old enough to know your friends and know who can trust, so goooo and share your feeling, your knowledge and your happiness with friends! Andyou will get epic surfsessions surrounded by the best people that you know! You will see, you won’t mind letting a wave through for a friend. Cause you will also be happy for him if he has an awesome wave. Cause never forget, it was you who introduced him to this wave. You will receive a lot of good Karma =)
And now, go and get out for a surf on your favourite surfspot, find new waves and share your happiness – but not with everyone 😉
There are many landlocked surfers out there, being trapped in a ´normal life´, daydreaming themselves to the closest ocean. Not always easy done with the winter approaching mainland Europe. So how to get some vitamin sea into your own walls?? The answer is really easy: DRIFTWOOD ART!
We all have picked up a random piece of wood on a beach, smuggled it through customs and took it home. Just to later forget about it. But now that you are longing for some waves and sunshine, why not take it out and turn it into your own piece of art for your house??
Let us present you three different pieces of driftwood art. Easy, cheap and quickly done at home. Driftwood art number one is the above painted flat piece of driftwood, painted by NOMB Surfs campchef Lindis Schenker. Linda used basic acrylic paint to turn this piece of plain wood into a beautiful painting. Fair enough, you will need a bit of talent to make it look that great but a plain palmtree and a wave will already do the trick, and look great on your kitchen wall.
Driftwood art number two is made of a simple piece of wood found on the northshore of Fuerteventura, and a dead sea urchin. Found at the same place, one day later. Sea urchins are not uncommon to find on the island but it is really rare that they are washed on shore containing all their spikes. Giving it a deep purple colour. NOMB headcoach Angie couldn´t resist but turn it into something to put up on her wall. Inspired by Pinterest Angie bought a chalk color spray to create a vintage look. After she had placed the sea urchin on the wood it struck her like a lightning: a true ocean lover she had found there. The result is pretty cool we reckon..
Not really into painting and all that creative stuff?? Then check out driftwood art number three: a photo hanger. All you need is:
your favourite holiday photo (of you surfing or a beach for example)
a longish piece of driftwood
2 nails
1m of jute string
some little wooden clips
Bang the nails into the end of the wood (on the flat site) and connect them with a piece of the string. Make sure the string sits really tight. Now take the remaining string and connect both ends and tie a not in the middle, leaving a little loop on the top. Last but not least take your ocean photo and clip it onto the tight string between the nails. Done. Doesn´t it look amazing??
There are loads of places that sell cool driftwood stuff as well. Most of them however are produced by machines, missing out at bit on the whole ocean connection. Check out websites like www.etsy.com for example, they offer great handmade items. That´s in case you aren´t inspired by our three homemade pieces of driftwood art and opt for a buying alternative. Either way, we hope that a beautiful piece of driftwood will brighten up your house and give you a bit of the surfer feeling you might be missing. We are sending you some sunshine on top of that!
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