It is with mixed feelings that we finish this year’s Summer Tour to the Canary Islands. On the one hand it is sad that such a great trip has come to an end, but on the other hand we look back at great memories and with hope to visit these marvelous islands once again some day. At the moment we...

Logging on to tourist websites of Lanzarote you’ll see taglines such as “Lanzarote, Biosphere Reserve” and “Lanzarote, a unique island”. Before arriving to the island these where just empty words to us that any place might use to attract tourists, but after our visit we...

It felt sad to leave Surf camp Tenerife right when we were getting familiar with the area and had got to know the friendly individuals that run the camp and also the people staying there for the week. But the Summer Tour has more places to visit and next up was Surf camp Fuerteventura located in Corralejo...

Our first day at the surf camp was a switching day so some people had just left and only a few of the new ones had arrived. We got to meet the Italian surf instructor, Fabio, and it didn’t take long before he took us straight down to sea, where an old harbor is located, to go snorkeling! At the spot...

After our flight to Gran Canaria, we picked up a rental car at the airport and headed west. Since our first stop is the Surf Camp at Tenerife we went to a small village called Agaete to take the ferry to the other island. It was a quick but bumpy ride over sea for about an hour. Approaching Tenerife,...

Last year, the United Surf Camps Summer Tour visited some of our most popular camps on a road trip starting in the south of Spain, traveling along the Portuguese coast and finishing up in the south west of France. Our intern, Nick, got to taste the good life of a vagabond surfer and experienced that...

It’s too bad that such a great adventure must come to an end, but United Surf Camps European Summer Tour 2011 is finished and so is the blogging about it. I thought that I would sum up the trip in some fun facts. I have: - Driven over 3 200 km - Taken 1 721 photos and shot 1 325 movie clips - Surfed...

In my blog post “First wave of the trip” I promised to come back to you with a clip at the end of the journey to see if I have improved my surfing skills. Watch this clip to judge for yourself. // Nick

Now I see why Hossegor is considered to be “the surfing capital of Europe”. This place has endless beaches with legendary breaks such as La Nord, La Graviére and Capbreton to name a few, and the whole town eradiates surfing. There are surf shops along the streets, conversations usually end up in...

Arriving to the Surf camp in Santander I was greeted by the surf camp manager, Damian. He put me in their upgraded accommodation, a double room in a hotel, and I sure wouldn’t argue with that treatment! The closest beach area consists of Playa Loredo and the two landmarks La Isla (the island) and La...