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Mountain Bike Challenge in El Yaque 10.03.2010
The 28th of March a very unique Challenge will take place in, or better close to, El Yaque : The Killer Mountain Challenge ! Organizers and Bike Guides Al and Nora invited ten international Pro Riders and a bunch of El Yaque Mountain Bike heroes to see who might be able getting all the way up the Killer Mountain which is located between El Yaque and the international Airport of Porlamar and indeed is a Challenge. After a Pro Massage for all Riders after their rides, the King of the Hill will be crowned at the "La Chiva Loca" Restaurant at El Yaque Beach. 1498 will report about the Event, of course !!
Heat Waves 09.03.2010
A tropical Heat Wave heat the coasts and land of the Island of Margarita during the past days and nights. The high pressure zone in the center of the caribbean sea, surrounded by an army of low pressure zones interrupted the Tradewinds and send a wave of immense Heat to the southern Caribbean, the wind was paralized for a couple of days which made the heat feel even more intense. Until Tuesday afternoon the weather system should have cleared up to let the Tradewinds pass through and cause some joy not only on the water
Softball Competition 08.03.2010
The daily Softball Training at the El Yaque Softball field, close to El Yaque´s Mainroad, in tha past weeks didn´t pay off for the El Yaque Team. During the Sunday afternoon Softball Tournament between some of El Yaque´s neighbor villages, the closest neighbar of Los Bagres took home the Cup while the freshly created El Yaque Team was standing behind with hands empty. Softball, a direct descendant of Baseball, is played on a shorter field and with a larger Ball than Baseball and is one of Venezuelas most common Sports and now also has arrived at the windy Place of El Yaque
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Sailing to Kite 07.03.2010
Especially for the Kitesurfers the small Village of El Yaque is not enough to explore and for some Kitesurfers a bit too choppy, which makes them explore the entire Island of Margarita and the Isla Coche for some new Spots.
Something completely different indeed are...>>>
Movie night under Palmtrees part II 06.03.2010
For the second time this winterseason the Four Dimension Movie, the latest Windsurf Movie including the two Worldchampions Gollito Estredo and Marcilio Browne and wave Guru Victor Fernandez, was shown at the Shampam Bar under the Palmtrees, but this time producer Andre Paskowski himself was present, answering questions and giving some autographs together with Gollito Estredo
Another Champ is back 05.03.2010
German Andre Paskowski, multiple german and european Windsurf Freestyle Champion, can almost be called El Yaque local. Year after year the blond german producer of the 4 Dimension Windsurf Movie visits El Yaque for his Wintertraing and hang out with his friends such as Gollito Estredo and Ricardo Campello and get prepared for the upcoming seasons. Last week Paskowski arrived again in El Yaque to spend some weeks on the caribbean waters before leaving to Maui / Hawaii
Amount of Streetdogs decreasing 04.03.2010
Streets animals are certainly not a venezuelan problem only, dogs and cats in very bad estates can be found everywhere in the world and so it was also at the Island of Margarita and surely still can, but the number of Street dogs and cats has drastically decreased, thanks to many foreign organisations taking care of those animals, trying to get them decent homes and getting them castrated and sterilized. Still some of the poor animals can be found also in El Yaque sometimes and luckily find their new owners in the windy village
Searching the Flat 03.03.2010
It´s march and as usual, the wind blows harder and harder each day, sometimes too much for some people who are just not used to the strong winds and the more choppy waters. A daytrip to Coche might help out, in only 15 minutes by Boat the Flatwater Spot of the San Pedro Bay can be reached easily, where pure Flatwater is waiting and the wind is not hauling as strong as in El Yaque, surely Isla Coche is always worth a Day Trip. The Kiteboarders have discovered the place already years ago and also many Windsurfing Clinics have been held along the pure white sandy Beaches
Reaching the peak 01.03.2010
Another month of the 2009 - 2010 Winter Season is over and also the February resume is a very good one, with very windy days the first three and a half weeks and some no wind days at the end of February, a nice Carnival week and the international tourism going up. The peak of the Season as usual will be reached in march, the possibly windiest month in the year and with the hotels and Watersport Centers getting fully booked out. Many tourists are about to arrive and to witness one of the best Seasons El Yaque lived so far
Guadagnino and Estredo in Colombia 28.02.2010
El Yaque Locals and Windsurf Pros Diony Guadagnino and Freestyle Worldchamp Gollito Estredo went to Colombia, to the City of Barranquilla for a couple of days to assist at the national Windsurf Championchips at Puerto Velero and for some Slalom, Freestyle and Wave Exhibition. The Bay of Puerto Velero offers conditions for all the three disciplines and even the rain at day of the Event could not Stopp the two venezuelans to race around the Slalom Course, show their latest Freestyle Moves, ride some Waves and get ready for some big airs
Paddeling along El Yaque 27.02.2010
Stand Up Paddle, short SUP, Boards are the new trend in board sports on water. While the PAddle Boards usually are used to get one easier into and onto Waves and even use the PAddle to help steering the Surf Longboards, in El Yaque they were quite useful during the past low wind days. Trusting the Windforecasts the SUP's have had only a short time for their show on the water
A day on a lake 26.02.2010
Hard to believe that during the past months the wind was hauling along the El Yaque coast, blasting the Kite and Windsurfers over the water and through the air, while the actual sea and wind situation is more like on a small lake somewhere inland, a place for sunaddicted tourists and rarely for Windsurfers. Luckily the windsystem should get back to normal very soon, the sunbathers disappear back to their Pools and the Windaddicted get back on the water
Chaotic Windweather 25.02.2010
For the first time in the entire Season a real non wind day had tob e lived in El Yaque. During the very hot day the little breeze even came partly from west, while the common wind directions are always easterly. This wind situation is caused by a very chaotic weather in the Caribbean Sea and on the Atlantic Ocean, where some small high pressure zones are surrounded by an army of deep pressure zones which completely interrupt the normal tradewinds to get through to the southern Caribbean Sea, where the Island of Margarita is located
Street Softball 24.02.2010
A new Softball place has been created right at El Yaque´s Mainroad, where some terrain has been sweeped and cleaned, lines been drawn, to built a new playground for the el Yaque people, a place where the El Yaque local Fishermen, Kitesurfers and Windsurfers meet after their working day to spend a good time together right before sunset, playing their game, Softball. Each day more people can be seen waiting for their turn to hit and run
The sportive Place 23.02.2010
What would El Yaque be without the sports ? Of course, primary the watersports with Windsurfing and Kiteboarding made the this piece of desert and mangroves to what it is nowadays. But besides the two main Watersports, many activities like Wakeboard, Kayak, Mountainbike, running and many more are offered, but what could be better to bring your body in form before Breakfast and another nice day on the water than a great Fitness or Yoga Session in the early morning beauty. German Fitness Coach Nadja of the Planet Allsports Center and Canadian Nora do daily Yoga and Fitness Sessions at El Yaque Beach or at Casa Nora on Top of El Yaque. The Seabreeze and the great morning light plus some excercises should bring anybody on form for the day
1498 Video Section 22.02.2010
A new Video Clip about Windsurfing in El Yaque is online in the 1498 El Yaque News Video Section. The Clip has been filmed and edited during a Windsurfing Clinic in February
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Windsurf Revolution 21.02.2010
The name El Yaque is one of the most famous in Freestyle Windsurfing. Not only three times Worldchampion Ricardo Campello, three times and actual Worldchampion Gollito Estredo and female Worldchampion Colette Guadagnino grew up in the small windy, Fishervillage. Young Guns like Cheo Diaz, Alexis Zabala and Douglas Salazar could get some succesfull and less succesful Worldcup experiences.
Worlds Top Freestyle artists, like three times european Champion ...>>>
Presidential Clean Up 20.02.2010
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Frias will visit the Village of El Yaque, where the oficial opening ceremony of the treatment plant will be held. Already the entire week before the arrival of Venezuelas President, the entire Village got cleaned like never before, houses, walls, street lamps, sidewalks and even the street bumpers been painted, trees cut and flowers planted. Military and police was checking all places day and night for maximum security and Supporters brought to El Yaque in autobusses
The El Yaque Backyard 19.02.2010
El Yaque is very well known and particularly famous for its Beach and Windsurf and Kitesurf Conditions.. Anybody knows the images of the caribbean Beach, the watercolours and the Wind and Kitesurf Action, Beachlife and Bars, but what the rest ? Just walking a little uphill and from the new Posadas and the Hotels which are located a little higher and over El Yaque, e great Panorama waits to be seen. In the El Yaque Backyard the Airport, the Mountain "El Cierra", the big Lagoon " Las Maritas"and the City of Porlamar wait to be seen
Exciting week 18.02.2010
The Calendar week hasn´t finished yet but for the 1498 El Yaque News another exciting week has passed, a very windy week, with lots of Kitesurf and Windsurf Action, the Carnival crowds using El Yaque as three days party spot and the Carnival Parades. Enough stuff for some new Pics of the week, now online, pics of february´s week 02...>>>
Carnival Celebrations 17.02.2010
Before the Carnival celebrations are over this wednesday, in the cities of Porlamar, La Asuncion, San Juan, El Valle and Juan Griego Carnival Parades with more than three hours duration have been celebrated. The Brasilian Style and very colourful Parades with some real eye catcher costumes and floats, Samba rythms pounding through the streets and Samba girls moving their bodies to the beats, of course.
Three days Beach Party 16.02.2010
During the Carnival days the Shampam Bar at El Yaque Beach was making the pace. Three full days of Party, Shampam owner and venezuelas Top DJ Iraq putting on the volume for Venezuelas rich and beautyful. Only the tourists of the Yaque Paradise Hotel might have had some trouble with the pounding basses until midnight. Starting today the party should be over and El Yaque be back almost to normal, focussing on the wind and kitesurfing
Carnival crowds 15.02.2010
Like in many countries worldwide also in Venezuela and so on the Island of Margarita and El Yaque Beach the Carnival days started last thursday. Many Venezuelans use the short vacations to come over from the mainland to their caribbean Island of Margarita to spend some days with the family, celebrating Carnival in Porlamar, La Asuncion and San Juan, but mostly to party hard, as it happened already during the past days at the small El Yaque Beach, where hundreds of party willing people took over the Scenery for three days
1498 Sunday Report
Latina in Denmark 14.02.2010
El Yaque Local and female Pro Windsurfer Yoli de Brendt reports at 1498 one of her latest Windsurf Tripps in Europe before she came home to El Yaque. A true Latina at the danish coasts :
For a good ten hours, I already sat in the back seat of a motorhome, some jams and mileage on German highways already are behind me and the tension....
Running Tracks 13.02.2010
Running at 35 degrees during daytime might not be the smartest Sports Activity during a stay in El Yaque. But especially at the beautiful morning and Sunset lights more and more people go for a short or longer run, mostly on the El Yaque roads, even on the autoway towards the Porlamar Airport. But great running Tracks can be found in and around the El Yaque Lagoon, where not only the light, but also the small Beaches, the whole variety of Birds and the view to Porlmar are very enjoyable. Some Windsurf Centers even offer guided Jogging Tours
The Queen of Carnival 12.02.2010
The El Yaque primary School Kids year after year elect the "Queen of Carnaival" the "Reina del Carnaval", who will be escorted through the Village on Carnival´s Thursday. So happened also this year and it has been Carenys, usually seen on her small Motocross Bike speeding and jumping over El Yaque´s dirt roads or over the water with her Windsurfgear, who got all eyes on her while driving through El Yaque in her Carnival Fisherboat, escorted by music groups and her School Colleagues
The Surfdog 11.02.2010
Neron, El Yaque´s maybe most famous and certainly most photographed Dog, likes his daily ride after noon, when he eases onto his former Windsurfboard to surf close to the Shore between the Casa VIVA and the Beach Hotel and truly enjoys his ride and the people watching him. The Boxer seems to feel like a real surfer dude once he found his comfortable position on his Board
Sunset Sail 10.02.2010
The wind is hauling along the El Yaque Beach twenty four hours at seven days a week, 24/7 as they would say in the United States. Especially the Windsurf and Kitesurf Instructors, working all day long to serve the watersports tourists, use the morning and late afternoon winds for some Sessions on the water and certainly the Sunset Sails are the most prefered. What could be better than a great Ride just before the Sun hits the sea and finally disappears
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Fuerza 6 - windforce 6 09.02.2010
The Fuerza 6 Restaurant in the Center of El Yaque is one of the Village´s Restaurant with most tradition. No Wind or Kitesurfer leaves El Yaque without having a chicken or typical venezuelan food at Fuerza 6, which means windforce 6, where the walls are covered with Magazine articles and Images of worlds Windsport heroes. The person behind the Fuerza 6 Restaurant is Senora Gaby, who came to Margarita about 15 years ago as part of a Chilean Windsurf Club and just stayed in El Yaque to one year later open the Fuerza 6. During the day Senora Gaby, from Santiago de Chile, was seen every day windsurfing with the future El Yaque Stars, who were invited at night for some chicken or fish and still worlds Top Sailors always pass by the Restaurant close to the Basketball court to enjoy a nice meal, watching their own images
El Yaque weekend 08.02.2010
Salsa, Merengue and House Parties at the Beachbars Shampam, Ipanema, Yaque Paradise and in Gaby´s Voodoo Lounge plus some nice BBQ´s at the Beach under the Palmtrees like the one at the Windsurfers OASIS Hotel, that was the past weekend in El Yaque, the preparation weekend for the upcoming Carnaval week, when national tourists will arrive at the Village to spent their days off at the Beach and the nights celebrating the Carnaval in the Cities of Porlamar and La Asuncion
1498 Sunday Report
A Trip around Margarita 07.02.2010
Windless and rainy days are usually the perfect time for day Trip around the Island of Margarita, though two days would be better to also visit the Island part of Macanao. In the Winterseason of 2009 - 2010 the strong and daily winds sends the exhausted tourits on the Trip especially to the North coast of the Island of Margarita. And certainly it is worth the time. Not only beautiful caribbean beaches, also culture...>>>
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Worldchampions Reunion 06.02.2010
With Gollito Estredo, Ricardo Campello and Colette Guadagnino El Yaque can name three locals as Windsurf Worldchampions. After record Worldchampion Björn Dunkerbeck visited the village already this year and actual Slalom Champ and worlds fastest Windsurfer Antoine Albeau spent some days in the windy fishervillage as well, now brasilian Freestyle Worldchamp of 2007 and vize worldchamp of 2008, Marcilio "Brawzinho" Browne also has arrived for his Freestyle Training together with Estredo, Campello and Co. For one month the Top Freestyler, who is also one of worlds most radical Waveriders, will stay to practise the latest Freestyle Moves
Half Time in El Yaque 05.02.2010
The touristic El Yaque Windsurf and Kitesurf, which usually lasts from beginning November until middle of may, almost has reached halftime. Time for a short halftime resume. Already the first tourists arriving at the Island of Margarita could witness some positive changes, clean streets, fresh paint wherever you might go and above all the wind blowing every single day. Clowds didn´t have the slightest chance of staying over El Yaque for more than a couple of minutes. The first rain came after new year for few hours and again at the end of January for two days. The very dry season makes the termical wind increase harder and harder and already in January windforces which usually hit the Margarita coasts in the months of march and april blew over the Caribbean waters. The pure sunshine shifted the November and December typical brownish watercolours to pure blue / green. With less flights to Margarita, less people could witness an almost perfect winter season so far and those who made it to the Island of Margarita could just purely enjoy their time on and off water
Kite Festival 04.02.2010
Between the 29th and 31st of January the Cochekitesportcenter organised the 2nd Kitesurf Festival at the Island of Coche. Right for the 10th Anniversary of Kitesurfing in Venezuela, Kite Companies got their opportunity to demonstrate their newest toys, Kitesurfers could get their latest and important Tipps and dance through great parties with some of Venezuelas Top DJ´s
Second direct flight from Canada 03.02.2010
The Terminal for national flights at the Airport Santiago Marino of Porlamar has just recently completely been rebuilt, but now national flights also arrive at the international Terminal to make it a bit more useful, since only few international flights arrive at teh Island of Margarita. Good to see that now also CanJet sends their Boing 737 once a week from Toronto Pearson Airport to Porlamar
Guadagnino wins in Cumana 02.02.2010
Just a few degree south west of the Island of Margarita and one of the closest points to the Isla Margarita the Beaches of Cumana at the venezuelan Mainland are located. Especially the Beach of Araya is constantly provided by partly strong offshore winds, a perfect Location for the first national Windsurf Competition in 2010. PWA Pro Sailor Diony Guadagnino could proof again that he is one of worlds fastest Windsurfers by winning the Slalom Event, followed by Freestyle Worldchampion Gollito Estredo and actual national Champ Alexis Carache. Estredo also claimed second place in Formula Racing, behind Juan Marino, Venezuelas Top Formula and olympic class pilot
Yoli de Brendt - Athlete of the year 01.02.2010
El Yaque Local and Windsurf Pro Windsurfer Yoli de Brendt just got the price as best female athlete of the Island of Margarita in 2009. Decisive for the price were Yoli´s third place at the Fuerteventura Worldcup and fourth place in the PWA overall rankings and winning all 2009 national Competitions. In the men category blind athlete Julio Hereida received the price for his two gold medals at the special Panamerican athletic Championchips.
The 1498 Sunday Report
Where do the birds go
That Isla Margarita is a pretty windy place, the Cocktails are delicious and affordable, beautiful Beaches can be found all around the Island and the international Airport is easy to reach are well known facts about the southern caribbean Island, but not only ornithologists or bird fanatics have already witnessed the immense swarms...
Seaview Animals 30.01.2010
Funny and curious things can be seen in El Yaque when you just walk through the small Village with open eyes. One of those surely are the Animals which discovered the walls around El Yaque´s houses as their playground or just as nice opportunity to get closer to their food, which in case of the goats most likely is the main goal. That the animals received their acrobatic skills by observing the Wind and Kitesurf Freestylers might be a rumor and if the wall dogs were just smart enough to realize that the higher position makes the house protection easier, who knows, but maybe those animals just like to enjoy the nice seaview
Relief for the Island 29.01.2010
Surely for a tourist it might not be the most welcome situation dealing with a full rainy day, but the first 24 hours rain in the past months certainly was a big relief for the entire Island. Not only the Islands plants and flowers needed some alimentation, the power plants, working with water energy, were close to collapse and the dust has been erased from streets and houses. With the small responsable deep pressure zone over Venezuela vanishing in the early friday morning, tourists should be back to enjoy the pure sunshine
Caribbean windy week 28.01.2010
Hauling windy, beautiful watercolours all around the Island, even better sunsets and sunrises plus a lot of Kitesurfing and Windsurfing Action and PWA Slalom Worldchampion Antoine Albeau visiting El Yaque. Another week since the last pics of the week, so the new best images of the past interesting week are now online...>>>
Speed addicted 27.01.2010
Slalom fever on Freestyle playground. Not only with the presence of actual Slalom and Speed Worldchampion in Windsurfing Antoine Albeau a slalom fever hit the El Yaque Windsurfers. With two tripple Freestyle Worldchampions, Gollito Estredo and Ricardo Campello, El Yaque became famous as one of the Top Freestyle Spots in the world and THE place to be to improve your Freestyle Windsurfing. Already last year also the Slalom pilots rediscovered the windy beach for some spectacular Matchraces. Already in the 90´s the Margarita Wildwinds attracted worlds best and fastest Windsurfers year after year to the south caribbean Island. No even the Top Freestylers can be seen more and more on the narrow Slalom rockets flying through the bay, before they start to rotate into some insane Freestyle Manouvers
Wind stopps work ? 26.01.2010
Work is for people who don´t surf surely is not the exact slogan for the people working in El Yaque, but in a windy season it can happen that some meetings get cancelled or postponed, folders not opened for a while and Computers remain cold. In the 2009 - 2010 El Yaque season, the office desks might be packed with unopened folders covered by dust and Computers could need some updates before being used again. The wind in the southern Caribbean just doesn´t stopp to blow and provide a great Funpark for all Windsurfers and Kitesurfers, if tourists or locals, the daily schedule is influenced by the windforce and so most work is done before sunrise and after sunset. The super windy season is caused by the phenomenom called El Nino where the watersurface in the Caribbean Sea doesn´t get cooled down enough and sea currents shift slightly and cause some major storms and rain periods in most parts of latin america, while the eastern parts lives a very dry and windy period
Worlds fastest Windsurfer visits El Yaque 25.01.2010
The actual Slalom Worldchampion, Antoine Albeau from France, is just visiting El Yaque. As part of a french dealers meeting in the windy caribbean Village, the 37 year old Albeau came to El Yaque for a couple of days, explaining his latest gear and racing with El Yaque´s Top Slalom Pilots. Albeau is one of worlds most succesful Windsurfers ever, with 16 Worldchampion titles in Formula Racing, Slalom, Speed, SuperX and even in Freestyle. In 2008 the frenchman set a new mark in Windsports history, with 49,09 knots (90,91 km/h) he became the fastest sailor in Windsurfing and sailing ever
El Yaque Kite Pro Aquiles Zabala 24.01.2010
The 25 year old El Yaque Local Aquiles Zabala is one of Venezuelas best and most succesful Kitesurfers. Aquiles has been one of the first to take the chance learning Kitesurfing when the sport arrived at the village of El Yaque ten years ago. An impressive and succesful career as professional Kitesurfer...
Ten years Kitesurfing in Venezuela 23.01.2010
Good ten years ago the Kitesurf sport came to El Yaque, cause enough for Kite pioneer Chris Valentine to organize the second Kite Festival at the Island of Coche between the 29th of January and the 01st of February. The biggest Kiteevent in Venezuela will take place the second time at Coche´s main Beach, with Kite Competitions, DJ´s and a lot of Party
1498 Pics of the week 22.01.2010
Since the beginning of the 1498 ElYaqueNews, the best Images of the week have been uploaded onto the website to give you an overview of anything in and around El Yaque and his Watersports and people. The latest images of the third week in january have just been uploaded, too....
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Margarita Wildwinds 2010 22.01.2010
In 2009 the Margarita Wildwinds lived his revival. In may 2009 Windsurfers and Kitesurfers got their chance to fight for the Cup of the Margarita Wildwinds after a couple of years abstinence. In 2010, from the 24th until 30th of may the next Wildwinds will take place in Kitesurf and Windsurf with Slalom, Freestyle and Long Distance in both sports
Extreme Party 21.01.2010
A big Birthday Party was held at the Shampam Bar at the El Yaque Beach for Murray Sampson. The scotish owner of the Margarita Extreme Kite Center, together with british Chris Valentine, who is running the Coche Kitesport Center at the Island of Coche, can be called the pioneers of Kiteboarding in El Yaque. Good ten years ago they opened the first El Yaque Kitesurf Center and still are passionated Instructors and Kitesurfers
El Yaque Baseball 20.01.2010
Venezuelas number one sport, Baseball, just got to its final round. The big final between the rivals of Caracas and Valencia will start today and also the village of El Yaque got affected. While the El Yaque Locals played sort of Baseball without the bat and on...
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Wind and Kitesurf in El Yaque 19.01.2010
With Windsurfing the Village of El Yaque became famous and made the unknown Village grow. Since a couple of years quite some kitesurf Centers have also opened their doors along El Yaque Beach... read more...>>>
Interview with Alexis Carache V 1111 18.01.2010
El Yaque Local Alexis Carache is one of El Yaque´s first Windsurfers, starting his Windsurfing at the Sharks Center in El Yaque, where he became a good Freestyler in the beginning but fast changed to his passion, Slalom Windsurfing. Right now Alexis is five times venezuelan Champion, won the... read more >>>
Alexis Carache profile and images in 1498 El Yaque Stars ...>>>
The 1498 sunday report
Fly to Margarita 17.01.2010
Many ways lead to the beautiful Island of Margarita, by Ferry and by Airplane. Even if the international direct flights have become less, there are many options to get to Isla Margarita with a Stoppover in Venezuelas Capital Airport Maiquetia in Caracas and connection flights to the Santiago Marino Airport of Porlamar / Isla Margarita.
The Transfer from the Santiago Marino Airport Porlamar to Playa El Yaque takes around 7 minutes for the only...>>>
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Airlines arriving and departing Margarita Airport ...>>>
Airlines to Caracas and Connections to Margarita ...>>>
Baywatch 16.01.2010
They don´t wear red Bikinis or Shorts and run along the Beach in super Slowmotion, but yes they give a feeling of safety to the Wind and Kitesurfers in El Yaque. The El Yaque Baywatch was created end of November 2009 and works very efficient since than, helping Kitesurfers with deinflated Kites, getting dragged through the bay, Windsurfers with broken Gear and Beginners who finish their first sessions a few hundred meters downwind. With two Boats and the two responsable guys sitting in the El Yaque Baywatch Tower the whole watersport area became a pretty safe zone
El Yaque with low season offers 15.01.2010
The El Yaque Hotels and Watersport Centers will find their way through the short low season with some special offers for Equipment Rental and Rooms. The international Tour Operators started to sell low season packagges in order to send more people to an El Yaque which just lives one if his best wind seasons, for Kiteboarders same as Windsurfers
Home of (unknown?) Champions 14.01.2010
Good twenty years ago El Yaque became famous for his winds, ten years later the first El Yaque Locals started to compete in the Windsurf and Kitesurf Worldcups. In the past decade El Yaque became the, various times so called, home of Champions, but still many tourists coming to El Yaque don´t even know there are two tripple Worldchampions with Ricardo Campello and Gollito Estredo, a female Worldchampion with Colette Guadagnino, succesful Windsurf Worldcuppers like Douglas Diaz, Diony Guadagnino, Alexis Zabala and Yoli de Brendt, plus Alexis Carache, multiple national Slalom Champ. Not to forget the Kitesurfers competing at the PKRA Worldtour like Alquiles Zabala, Jesus Fernandez, Leo Estredo, Bruno Carillo and Felix Martins.
The big cleaning 13.01.2010
Most people are gone, the christmas high season is over and a two weeks low season just started. A perfect time to clean up the whole village one more time. Like a horde of weasels the Hotel employees diligently eased their machines to clean the beach and swang their brooms to remove also the last remaining rubbish left over by the christmas tourists
National tourism ended rapidly 12.01.2010
The local Beach and the El Yaque main beach have been invaded by national tourists within very short time right after christmas. From one day to the other the calm beaches became more crowded than most people liked to. Like someone opened some huge gates to leave the crowds in now it appears like that same person might have shut close those mentioned gates. Within not even 24 hours all national tourists disappeared and the El Yaque week started like the whole tourism had never happened. Back to normal caribbean life.
4 Dimension Video Party 11.01.2010
For actual Windsurf Freestyle Worldchampion and El Yaque local Gollito Estredo a big Video Party was given sunday night at the Shampam Bar at El Yaque Beach.The big screen under palmtrees was the right atmosphere... read more and see images...>>>
Ballpark El Yaque 10.01.2010
After a long day on the water and at the Beach, not only the El Yaque Kids meet at the El Yaque Basketball place for some games in the less hot night. At the moment, since the national Baseball League is heading towards its final round, of course it is also the game of the moment, while in the rest of the year Basketball or Soccer is more common
Positive resume of Christmas Holidays 09.01.2010
A strong second half of the christmas tourism is responsable for the positive resume the El Yaque Shops, Hotels, Restaurants and Schools are taking now, that the holidays are almost over. After a very weak start in the first two weeks of december, the entire Island and not only the village of El Yaque recovered with the immense tourist flood after the christmas days. National same as international tourists found their way back onto the caribbean Island to celebrate new years eve, have great times on the water, for tax free shopping or just the enjoyable caribbean feeling
Kitesurfers go west 08.01.2010
After the former Kitebeach, easterly of the El Yaque Mainbeach and reachable only by Boat, has disappeared with the past swells completely, the Kitesurfers found their new Spot, or better, a couple of new Spots. In the west, downwind of the windsurfing zone, the Kites can be launched on the still wide, but also little by little disappearing, Beach, to get a nice Flatwater Ride the first hundred meters before it gets a bit more Choppy. Also the Fishermen of the small village called El Manglillo, witness more and more Kitesurfers flying in front of their Huts.
Gollito Estredo
Interview wit the tripple Worldchampion
While he was forced to stay in bed for a couple of days with a bad flew, three times Freestyle Worldchampion and El Yaque Local Gollito Estredo found some time to chat about his past season and his future.
1498EYN : At the last PWA Worldcup at Sylt in Germany you received your third Worldchampion Trophy in Freestyle. How does it feel to be tripple Worldchampion ?
Gollito Estredo : Actually it feels really good and I was really happy when See the full Interview...>>>
Seguridad El Yaque 06.01.2010
Almost one year ago the private security service of El Yaque was created in order to make El Yaque one of the safest Places on the entire Island. In close Cooperation with the police, the Seguridad El Yaque works 24 per day to keep El Yaque safe. Most of El Yaque´s Hotels, Posadas, Shops and Windsurf and Kitesurf Centers are secured by the Seguridad El Yaque
The El Yaque Tree 05.01.2010
El Yaque, a famous name in the windsport world, but is El Yaque an Island, like many people still think, City or Village and what does El Yaque mean, what´s the origin of the name El Yaque ? The Village in the very far south of the Island... read more >>>
Interactive Beach 04.01.2010
Missing Internet Cables, the distance from the City of Porlamar, where most of the Internet transmitters are located, made a very poor Internet Connection in the past years possible. Nowadays you can connect yourself wherever you open your Laptop, if it is before breakfast in your hotel, while sipping a cocktail and observing the ocean in one of the Bars and Wind - or Kitesurf Centers, or in the Internetcafés. The Beach became interactive
El Yaque - Videoclips 03.01.2010
Caribbean Ambience and Landscapes, Windsurf and Kitesurf Holidays, Professional Windsurf and Kitesurf Competitions, Nightlife, Bars, Restaurants and People. Now all in the new Videosection of 1498 El Yaque News ...>>>
The Year 2009 in El Yaque - the resume 02.01.2010
Another year in El Yaque is over, a year full of changes, filled with good and bad news and tough weather conditions. The year in the Caribbean started not
really Caribbean like and surely even less El Yaque like. As already during new years eve the rain poured onto the roofs and streets of the Venezuelan Island in the southern Caribbean sea
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