SUP Clinic in Linea de la Concepcion
When dreams turn into words, and these connected, empathic, with several people, the force that gives meaning acquires tremendous power. Actively pushing to stage realities. This happened
one morning, trembling light, in the Bay of Altea, between two friends and Guillermo Peña Fernando Labad, when verbalized their dreams, the SUP was beginning to be born in a sea of \u200b\u200btransparencies that day, the Mediterranean.
at a dizzying pace, were concatenating in fact, the dreams of a spring morning, the creation SUP Club Costa Blanca, blogs, the acceptance of sport in the FES. The village green at the Jack Johnson concert. As a subtle power circuit, others arose adding new blood, Carlos, Lourenzo, Chus: FES. Cesar: NICOBOCO. Jorge, Javier: Starboard. Daniel Parres, providing expertise and performing at its center Activities in Santa Pola, in a few months a championship of Spain and International Tour. The celebration was a success, a springboard to raise awareness of the existence of SUP in Spain.
Thus arose the dream of crossing the bridge between the Mediterranean and Atlantic, which bathe the English and European coasts, as a metaphor for the spread of SUP. To do need someone to participate with us, to come to the origin of Area Immediately came the titanic figure of Ekolu Kalama, Hawaiian, and the current ambassador SUP globally. Taking advantage of the workshop
Starboard annual rate during the month in September and the immediate acceptance of the sponsors, Starboard - NICOBOCO, we launched the project.
CROSSING RATE-MOROCCO SUP.
English Mediterranean basin is under a temporary rate the conditions are stable but bad weather is approaching, so we decided to anticipate the journey. On Thursday 25 we pick up Ekolu at Malaga airport at noon and that afternoon we make preparations in Playa Chica, Tarifa.
Our intention is not to beat a record, is to show that the SUP practice covers many possibilities and is open to anyone, so we decided to use the tables Starboard 11'2''the best selling models Tufskin and aluminum oars and carbon. That same afternoon Ekolu
shows another possibility, the trolling in SUP, with straps around two couples preparing to cross the Strait tied at the waist of Ekolu and William.
We fired on the beach Cesar Valentin and friends of Huelva to begin to promote the SUP. At four and a half, wearing the white tights to commemorate the event, we lead the beach girl looks to Africa.
Upon leaving the shelter of the port is a figure who still do not know if it points to Africa, if you sign a farewell or welcome. Fernando
this "engine" and row with championship pace, we stopped a moment to see that day drift is particularly strong. Fernando says: "The water is hard," actually feel like paddling water was mixed with a dense product and does not seem to progress, in fact half hour later, Ekolu calls me and says to the port, this is the same height as before, it seems that we have only been drifting, the skipper also urges us to change course going up the current diagonal. Now it gets serious so we focus on increasing the pace and only after nearly an hour we can see that we move forward, we enter the Strait, the rock of Gibraltar is perpendicular to us when we entered the traffic area . Huge cargo of containers, oil, cruise, go ahead and behind us, we see some that come straight to us and change their course, they all have one thing in common: they are huge.
flying fish, common dolphins marl, passing close to us towards the ocean,
A herd of pilot whales passing between us three, is an area full of marine life.
The sun is declining toward late afternoon, a steady breeze and strong current of the Moroccan coast, means that the last half hour is the hardest moment of the voyage.
Lying on a beach near the island of Parsley with great caution because "there are Moors on the coast," this means that there is a typical small fry that appears around you everywhere. A soldier armed with a "walkie" and quite scared us in the bank, the rest of the detachment sneak peek their heads through doors and windows of a house. Fernando again set foot on the beach and starts with "salamalescs" and explain to the locals. They saw us leave the tension embraced celebrating the culmination of the journey.
I get a pebble as a souvenir as a gift for my son. We boarded the boat euphoric, we did it!. Take this opportunity to thank Carlos Valencia Force 5, and his wife Marta de Surf a Vela who constantly encouraged us, provided information and above all, shared this experience together thanks friends!.
During the round the sun is apotheosis and all of us think we have batteries. We arrived at night at the port of Tarifa, collect the material and go to dinner with fried fish and cold beers with a group of friends kitesurfing monitors.
On Friday morning we did an exhibition of the voyage and the material to agents of Starboard and the afternoon we went to La Linea de la Concepcion to hold a clinic SUP waves.
We had a reception with the media and many practitioners and curious SUP. Again we find the great acceptance and excitement generated by this sport at the same time that we spent the afternoon surfing next to the Rock Gibraltar in an atmosphere of conviviality.
the same day we move our dollars us into Ekolu, which was a few days in Alicante with us.
I want to pay special tribute to José Luis, photographers professional reporter, who not only did an extraordinary job but is now part of the club as head of the press. It has become a friend and we SUP unveiled its human face, dense and expressive artist.
Following this experience has been in us a transformation, an inner evolution and we conclude that our limitations are dilated. Has been more than a sports experience.
You will ask and more. You will know in later chapters.
Thanks to Svein Rasmussen International Satrboard facilitate Ekolu coming to Spain, and Javier Jorge Bartra Tarodo Starboard for their support not only as sponsors, Mataix of NICOBOCO Cesar, who had wanted to be present during the voyage and is one of the most prominent preachers in our country SUP, the Association of Cross Strait Swim Ekolu Kalama and especially for giving us with their presence and support. Ekahi
aloha! GUILLERMO
PEÑA
