March 2010 News
Nuclear festivities 31.03.2010
No secret, el yaque has been windy the entire season, very windy. But what´s happening at the moment exactly during the easter festivities is somehow spectacular. Hauling winds, flying sand and water and Party tourists who can´t blame their balance problems only on their consum of alcohol. Even for the wind addicted tourists the actual windspeeds are kind of too strong and other Locations than El Yaque are being researched and checked for a little less wind and more fun, while the El yaque Pro Sailors just enjoy those windforces for their own show right in front of the party crowds
Yaqueros bring home the Cups 30.03.2010
All El Yaque Pro and Amateur Windsurfers went to Puerto La Cruz on the venezuelan Mainland for the past weekend, where another national Windsurf Cup took place. Once Again the Yaqueros prooved that they are still the Top of the Top in venezuelan and also international Windsurfing, by bringing home all Cups in the Pro Categories. alexis Carache won the Pro Slalom with Gollito Estredo in second and Ricardo Campello in third, while Estredo once again one the Freestyle ahead of Campello
Semana Santa predictions 29.03.2010
The predictions for the Semana Santa given out by the national tourism board show that this easter week might become one of the most crowded so far for the Island of Margarita and the fully booked Ferries, Airplanes and the chaos at the Ferry ports and Airports already that early of the easter holidays could be the proof the predictions might come true
1498 Pics of the week 29.03.2010
During the past week the second main road in el Yaque has been partly built, the wind has blown as usual in 2010 and 1498 El Yaque News visited the Island of Coche and his famous Kite Spot in the Bahia de San Pedro. Here now the Pics of the week ...>>>
Semana Santa - the Party locations 28.03.2010
Slowly the Easter holiday week has already started, with the ferries and airplanes completely booked out and the beaches seeing more people than usual. Within the next two days the PArty week should start at full throttle, also in El Yaque, but where to go ? Actually the entire beach will be one big Party Scene, but especially the Sharks Bar, The Cafe Local, The Ipanema Chill Out and of course the VIP Shampam Bar will hold some mayor Events during the week
1498 at Isla Coche 27.03.2010
El Yaque News went to the Isla of Coche for a couple of days, to newly explore the beauty of also this venezuelan Island in the Caribbean. Surely regarding watercolours, the beaches, the style of the hotels and the people one can feel the caribbean feeling indeed. What can´t be missed at Isla Coche is the big amount of Kitesurfers of course. Not only the El Yaque Kitecenters go to the San Pedro Bay for Day Trips, many Kitesurfers and Pro Riders decided to stay for a little longer at the perfect Flatwater Spot in front of the Coche Kitesport Center. Even for non watersport enthusiastics the Island is alwways worth a short visit
Pre Easter activities 24.03.2010
Roads get repaired or even built, Beaches cleaned, parking places built and enlarged, little Snack Bars moved to almost each Corner of El Yaque and the small Supermarkets, the Bodegones, filled up until the Roof with fresh Beer and Tons of Rum. The whole Village and the Island are getting ready for the Semana Santa, whichg means party and party and more party for a couple of days. 1498 El Yaque News of course will report directly from the Beach and provide the daily images...
Climbing the Killer Mountain on Friday 24.03.2010
Due to some necessary change of the Pro Riders Schedule, the Top of Killer Mountain will wait for the Riders to come up there already on friday the 26th in the early morning hours.
Killer Mountain Challenge coming close 23.03.2010
The Killer Mountain Challenge is coming closer, Sunday the 28th of March amateur and Pro Riders will search their luck and need their skills to make the way up the Killer Mountain between El Yaque and The Santiago Marino Airport. Al and Nora organized the event and so it will also start sunday morning 6.00 a.m. at their place and ends with the pricegiving at the Chiva Loca Restaurant
Joy and hassle with the hauling winds 22.03.2010
Windspeeds of 35 knots and more were measured the past days in El Yaque, the water was flying and the Kite and Windsurfers pushed to their limits. Most Riders surely enjoyed the power of insanely moving air, while others tried to get on the Boards in the early morning hours, where the wind still was a bit more forgiving. The Softball players of the second El Yaque Softball tournament which took place on sunday same as the owners of various Restaurants certainly had some problems with Balls flying in very weird curves and Plates moving on the tables. March has always been one of the strongest wind month in El Yaque and so it is also in the 2010 Season.
Second Road for El Yaque 21.03.2010
On time for the Party week, the Semana Santa, which will start within a few days again and bring thousands of national tourists into the small village, a second main road is under construction to minimize the mayor traffic jams which usually occur each day not only the Semana Santa but also at the peaks of the national holiday seasons. In future the main road will be used as entrance and the new second road as exit of El Yaque
1498 at Coche Island 20.03.2010
The Storm Alert for Venezuela came true, hauling winds and a decent swell also hit the Coastlines of Isla Margarita and El Yaque, while also the Kiteboarders at the famous Isla Coche Kitebeaches had to fight with their smallest Kites. Very fast Windspeeds also built some Waves along the Beaches at Isla Coche, while 1498 El Yaque News visited the Island opposite of El Yaque
El Yaque goes Colombia 18.03.2010
During the next couple of days the colombian Kiteboarding Championchips 2010 will be held in the beautiful and windy city of Cartagena in the north of Colombia. A couple of venezuelan Riders will be part of the Contest as well and for El Yaque the two Top Riders Akiles Zabala and Brunaski Carrillo juts took off Porlamar Airport to bring back the Cup in ten days. The Shampam Bar, The Solokites and Slim Shop and the Margarita Extreme Kitesurf Center came together to make the Trip for Zabala and Carrillo possible
El Yaque Construction Side 17.03.2010
While Investments in Venezuela have slowed down dramatically in some parts of the country, El Yaque is just living kind of a constructions boom. In the none touristic part, the "Zona Residencial", many new constructions have started in the past two months and thousands of squaremeters of land been sold. The small village seems still be interesting and just keeps on growing
Storm and Wave Alert 16.03.2010
For the venezuelan Coastlineincluding the caribbean Islands of Venezuela a storm and big wave alert was given out for the next weekend. The strong winds and mayor swell could arrive at the coasts already on thursday. What makes normal sunbathing toursits nervous certainly puts some neverending smiles into Wind and Kitesurfers faces. Not always those alerts really come true and end up in a quite disappointing small swell with for El Yaque normal windspeeds, but still the forecasts looks pretty solid and the action on the water could become a little more extreme in the next couple of days
Talent Zabala 15.03.2010
One of the biggest talents in Windsurfing El Yaque had in his short windsurfing history surely was Alexis Zabala, one of the young guns in Freestyle, who moved his sails with the Sailnumber V 41 in front of the crowds of various international Competitions and Worldcups, before he decided to stopp competing and work at his home place, El Yaque. In December Alexis, nickname "Frijol", opened his own Windsurf and Kitesurf School at El Yaque Beach, the "Frijol Wind and Kitesurf". Still he can be seen almost daily on the water, performing the latest Freestyle Moves in perfection
White Party 14.03.2010
Saturday night - Party night, so it is also in El Yaque, where each Saturday not only the Beachbars serve the tourists and locals. This Saturday the Ipanema Beach Bar realized the "White Party" and even if not all guests really joined the white theme, the atmosphere has been very nice and "chilly", just right as warm up for some people who planned a night out at the Porlamar Discoteques
Kite - and Windsurf Sunset Festival 13.03.2010
The Margarita Extreme Kitesurfcenter together with the Shampam Bar and DJ Irak organized a nice Sunset Windsurf and Kitesurf Festival at the Margarita Extreme kitesurf Festival. Unluckily the wind was a little low for the Windsurfers so the Kitesurfers made their Show for the people on the El Yaque Pier, while some nice Cocktails, Champagne and Snacks were served and DJ Irak played some great music until dark
Website Launch 12.03.2010
El Yaque Local, venezuelan Windsurf Freestyle Champion and Top four in the profesional Windsurf Worldtour Yoli de Brendt just launched her new created website. You can follow her latest News and images, Videos, Pressreleases, Competition Reports, Windsurf Clinics and Actioan and Lifestyle Galeries
Freshwater in Trucks 11.03.2010
It´s always good to be trained. For many years the El Yaque Freshwater was supplied by Trucks, no waterpipeline really worked and the hotels, and private houses had to call for water when needed. In the early morning and also throughout the day it looked a little weird when one truck after the other went into El Yaque to fill up the reservoires. The cause is the broken pipeline between El Yaque and Porlamar which needs to be fixed quickly. After the extreme drought in Venezuela througout the entire year, freshwater is not something you might want to loose and just spray onto the roads and the water trucks are not the cheapest neither, but at least the supply works very well and nobody needs to miss a nice shower after coming back from the salty sea
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
1498 Sunday Report
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
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