January 2010 News
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 desdks 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....
see pics of the week ...>>>
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
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 and read more ...>>>
El Yaque celebrates new year 01.01.2010
After the maybe best and windiest start in a season, El Yaque finished the year 2009 with the possibly most crowded New Years Party in the short history of the windy venezuelan Village. Thousands of european, american and southamerican tourists and inhabitants enjoyed a great Party until the early morning
Happy New Year 01.01.2010
The 1498 El Yaque News would like to wish you a very happy, healthy and succesful year 2010 !
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