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Noosa es uno de los festivales con más prestigio del panorama loggin. No sólo por su historia, si no porque sigue fiel a sus principios. No necesitan parafernalias que rodeen al evento, más allá de reunir a los mejores riders en torno a una ola archiconocida por su calidad para el noseriding.  Siguen creciendo pero […]
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You might think that being on the old continent Stoke Travel were immune to the hedonistic charms of Spring Break, but you would think wrong. We love Spring Break, not because we actually have anything to break from, but because it represents a helluva party, and if there’s one thing we adore it’s hella partying.

The problem is that we’re nowhere near South Beach, or Cancun, or the other traditional centres of Spring Break revelry. We’re in Europe, and Europe is a place to look at churches, not to go wild mid-semester. Or is it…? Europe is party central because Europe taught the world how to party, and places like the United States of America and Mexico and Australia and such should listen and learn as we, on the old continent, school them in fucking shit up.

Here are your three options for kicking Spring Break’s ass this year, on the sassiest continent of them all, Ol’ Europa.

Option One: Do Nothing

Don’t do anything, stay at home and study. You’ve got assignments due and you have this exam that you have to pass and you’ve already partied enough this semester, so it might be nice to use this time to relax and save some money and… Hahaha, come on, you’ve gotta be fucking kidding us, is this really an option? Unless it’s one of those “something so lame that now it’s cool” things, don’t even consider staying at home during your “study” break — that’s pure insanity. You’re not going to fail your semester, there’s not a chance, this course is basically a walk through, and even if it’s not, the extra pressure a Spring Break party will put on your exam/assignment deadline time will teach you a more valuable lesson for your working life than any study-abroad class ever could. As a wise man once said, “Party now, pay for it later”. That wise man is our accountant.

Option Two: Do Something Cultural

This is Europe, after all, and if there’s one thing that Europe undeniably has over the rest of the world it’s culture. Around every corner, one finds art galleries and museums and archaeological sites and castles and stuff that predates European arrival in the new world, because new world buildings are super young* compared to old world buildings, hence them being called old and new. So yeah, Europe’s got plenty of old and cool shit, and you could spend your Spring Break checking it out, or you could realise that if it’s already been there literally forever it’s probably not going anywhere, and as such you can check it out the week/month/year/lifetime after Spring Break 2017, and use Spring Break 2017 for its intended purpose, which is…

Option Three: Doing Something Sick

This is the only option, right? Spring Break is for doing sick things, and Europe has plenty of sick options. There is so much sick to be had, all over the continent. Vodka in Poland, absinthe in Prague, whisky in Scotland, but the sickest of them all, the big bad granddaddy of European sickness resides just off the coast of Mediterranean Spain — Europe’s, nay the world’s, number one party island — Ibiza! Ibiza has been the flag bearer for sick parties since Roman times, with Julius Caesar reportedly saying, waaaaaay back when, that Ibiza is fvcking hectic, well and truly off the richter scalus maximus. A little bit after that the hippies came and turned Ibiza into a free love-fest and then electronic music took root on Ibiza and now what we have is an entire island completely devoted to cutting sick and partying way too hard and eating well and drinking booze. And you know why everyone started partying, and keeps on partying, in Ibiza? Because it’s physically stunning! Beautiful clear, blue sea bays surrounded by pine forest and white-sand beaches, whitewashed old towns with terraces from which we’ll watch the sun plunge into the Mediterranean.

We’ll? Yeah, because it just so happens that it’s your lucky day and Stoke Travel are running not one but two Spring Break trips to Ibiza. Trip one goes out from the 7th-10th April, and trip two from the 14th-17th. Both trips are €220, for three nights accommodation in a beach hotel (breakfast included), boat party, beach party, all-day hotel pool party, all-day everyday 1€ beers, Stoke Travel BBQ party, sunset beach drinks, bar crawl with an hour of power, entry into Pacha** nightclub, 24-hour party guides. That’s exhausting just to read, and that’s how Spring Breaks should be.

Spots are limited but the fun most definitely is not. To book first go here for more trip details, and then you’re only a month away from popping your European Spring Break cherry. You got to be there, it’s going to be a blast.

* Of course the new world has cultures that predate European arrival, but so did Europe. When it comes to old Europe wins every time, unless it goes up against Africa, in which case Africa wins because it all began in Africa.

** The original Pacha, the first Pacha in the world, the famous Pacha, the amazing Pacha, the wild Pacha with the dancers hanging from the ceiling — that Pacha.

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El surf está de moda, es una evidencia. Año tras año cientos de nuevas personas se animan a empezar con este deporte que engancha tanto que hasta para muchos se acaba convirtiendo en un modo de vida.

Prueba de todo ello son las innumerables escuelas y campamentos de surf que han proliferado por cada una de las playas de nuestra costa que reciben olas con regularidad. Y lo curioso es que a pesar de que el número de escuelas de surf se ha multiplicado en los últimos años por 2 por 3 y hasta por 4 dependiendo en que zona en la que se encuentren, son tantos los nuevos alumnos que hay cada año que casi todas salen adelante y cada una coge su parte del pastel. Al menos de momento.

Pero este exceso de demanda y oferta también tiene su contrapunto. Es tanta la saturación de alumnos que tienen las escuelas especialmente en la época estival que en muchas ocasiones requieren de la contratación urgente de nuevos instructores y no en todos los casos estos están debidamente preparados o tienen la experiencia suficiente para ofrecer el mejor servicio.

Cómo elegir un buen instructor de surf

El surf no es un deporte fácil. Más bien todo lo contrario. Es un deporte muy sacrificado y mucho más técnico de lo que pueda parecer. Además se realiza en un entorno cambiante y no exento de peligros por lo que la seguridad debe ser siempre una máxima para escuelas e instructores.

La elección de una buena escuela para tus clases de surf es importante. Una buena escuela siempre te va a garantizar el mejor material, y tener todos los seguros al día que es algo fundamental en caso de un accidente. Pero más importante que la elección de la escuela es la elección del monitor dentro de esa escuela que te va a dar las clases. Acertar con la elección de monitor puede marcar la diferencia entre amar el surf y engancharse a este deporte para siempre o tirar la toalla después de la primera clase si la experiencia ha sido frustrante.

Existen muchas páginas para búsqueda de escuelas y campamentos de surf pero hoy os quiero presentar una nueva web para búsqueda de instructores llamada surfbook en donde los alumnos pueden buscar a su instructor ideal usando una serie de filtros hasta dar con el instructor que es perfecto para ellos. Además pueden consultar la ficha completa del instructor y de la escuela para la que trabaja para comprobar si cumplen con todos sus requisitos.

 3 consejos de como debería de ser un buen instructor de surf

1.- No queremos buenos surferos, queremos buenos profesores

No es lo mismo ser un buen surfero que un buen instructor de surf. Hay una gran diferencia entre ambos conceptos. Hacer bien una algo es una cosa y saber enseñarlo es otra. Todos los veranos son muchos los buenos surfistas que se ponen a dar clases en alguna escuela local sin más pretensión que la de sacar un dinero extra para el verano. Ser instructor es una profesión y sí no se entiende como tal entonces no creo que se pueda hacer bien. Para ser un buen instructor te tiene que gustar dar clase y disfrutar con ello. Si solo lo haces para sacarte unos euros extras como el que trabaja en una terraza de verano solo conseguirás cubrir el expediente pero no le aportarás a tus alumnos esa “magia” extra que aporta todo buen profesor.

Como se suele decir más sabe el diablo por viejo que por diablo y en mi opinión esto también es aplicable al mundo de los instructores. A mi me gustan los instructores con experiencia. Los que se han curtido en mil batallas y por que no decirlo los que ya han tenido que sacar a más de un alumno de algún que otro apuro.

Un instructor con experiencia sabe cuando apretar a sus alumnos y exigirles un último esfuerzo y cuando es hora de parar. Sabe leer el mar y evita los peligros. Saben que ejercicios funcionan y cuales no dan resultados. Sabe lo que necesita cada alumno después del primer minuto con ellos.

Si quieres divertirte busca a un instructor divertido pero si quieres aprender busca a uno con experiencia.

2.- No a los instructores “gato” ni a los presumidos

Las playas están llenos de ellos y son aquellos a los que, como a los gatos, parece que no les gusta mojarse. Los vemos siempre al borde de la orilla dando instrucciones a sus alumnos desde la distancia y con el neopreno bien seco. Así NO.

Para dar una buena clase no puedes hacerlo desde la orilla.

Debes meterte en el agua con tus alumnos y estar a su lado todo momento para darles seguridad y confianza. Incluso he llegado a ver a instructores meterse con aletas para nadar más rápido junto a sus alumnos mientras surfeaban. Así SÍ.

Y luego están los instructores “presumidos” que no se han enterado que el alumno los pagan para que el instructor les vea surfear a ellos y no al revés. Cuando veo a un instructor que está dando una clase a principiantes coger una ola tras otra y hacer cutbacks, floaters y demás diabluras mientras sus alumnos les observan siempre pienso que debería ser el instructor el que pagara por poder ir a surfear ese día a la playa a su “bola” mientras que un grupo de gente (sus alumnos) le observan.

No, instructor presumido, lucirte delante de tus alumnos en el agua no les aporta nada más que engordar tu ego hacerles perder su tiempo y dinero. Ya se que hay días que hay tan buenas olas que cuesta mucho estar en la orilla cogiendo espumas sin poder probar esos caramelos pero un buen instructor sabe centrarse solo en sus alumnos que deben ser siempre su prioridad.

El día es muy largo para el que sabe esperar.

3.- Un poco de psicología por favor

Como ya hemos dicho antes el surf es un deporte fantástico pero también muy duro.

Hay 3 sentimientos que invaden a cualquier alumno de surf durante su aprendizaje que son el miedo, el agotamiento y la frustración y un buen instructor debe saber como lidiar con ellos para evitar que su alumno tire la toalla cuando cualquiera de estos sentimientos se apoderan de él.

• Miedo: A lo mejor las olas no dan miedo desde la orilla pero cuando estás dentro del mar con el agua al cuello o en la cresta de la ola decidiendo si vas o no vas la cosa cambia bastante. Todo buen instructor debe saber entender ese sentimiento y ofrecer a su alumno la seguridad y confianza que le ayude a vencerlo.
• Agotamiento: El surf es un deporte muy físico en el que ejercitas todos y cada uno de los músculos de tu cuerpo. Saber cuando parar o cuando tu alumno necesita bajar el ritmo para no agotarlo es importante. Motivar a tu alumno para que no sea perezoso y se esfuerce es necesario para surfear las olas pero llevar a tus alumnos al limite puede ser contraproducente. Un buen instructor sabe adaptar sus clases a la condición física de sus alumnos.
• Frustración: El surf no es un deporte fácil. No, no lo es. Por eso cuando coges tu primera ola el subidón es tan grande, porque sólo tú sabes lo que te ha costado. Pero ese camino hacia tu primera ola ha estado lleno de frustraciones. De cientos de intentos en donde no eras capaz de ponerte de pie en la tabla que te han hecho pensar una y otra vez que ese deporte no era para ti. Un buen instructor debe ser capaz de hacerte entender que el único camino hacia el éxito es el fracaso y cada vez que te caes estás más cerca de conseguirlo. Un buen instructor de surf transforma la frustración en motivación.

Post escrito por un autor invitado: Jota

Amante de todo tipo de deportes, Jota descubrió el surf más tarde de lo que a él le hubiera gustado pero desde entonces todo en su vida gira en torno al surf. Se fue a vivir a Australia  para recuperar el tiempo perdido y poder surfear a diario. A su vuelta se instaló en Lanzarote donde ha trabajado durante muchos años como encargado de varias escuelas de surf. Producto de su experiencia y de tratar a diario tanto con alumnos como con instructores, Jota ha fundado surfbook que es el primer directorio online de instructores de surf para que cada alumno pueda encontrar a su instructor ideal.

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So by now you know what Las Fallas is, and why it’s so much greater than St. Patrick’s Day. You’ve totally decided to come, because making good decisions is your forte, and this one is a no-brainer. There’s probably a little confusion as to how you should do Las Fallas, because these Spanish street parties can be complex and multilayered affairs. Just what do you have to see? Is 24 hours enough?

The answers to those questions are, As much as possible! And, Hell no! Here’s what happens at Las Fallas, and why 24 hours is nowhere near enough.

It’s in Valencia

And how can you hope to see, enjoy and make the most of Spain’s third biggest city in 24 measly hours? Valencia, the Valencia that invented paella and is home to some of the country’s most spectacular architecture (the super funky, internationally acclaimed, City of Arts and Sciences, buildings along the diverted river almost sent the city broke), a vibrant old town, plenty of bars, beautiful beaches (Stoke Travel stays across the road from one) and clubs. There is absolutely no way in the world you can say you’ve visited Valencia without spending at least the weekend there.

It goes for a week

Ok, five days, and the burning happens on the last night, but those five days are filled with street dancing and fireworks and cultural events and basically the whole party except for the burning happens in the lead up to the last day. Basically from the 15th until the 20th the city of Valencia shuts down for everything that isn’t food/drink/party related, and that’s the best time to get to know the city and its people, while their guards are down and they’re enjoying the best week and weekend of the year.

Stoke Travel’s (in)famous campsite

If you’ve been to Oktoberfest, The Running Of The Bulls, The Wine Fight or La Tomatina with us, then you know just why Stoke’s campsites are legendary. Free flowing beer and sangria all day, every day (for only €10 a day unlimited). Beach games and campsite parties. Guided day tours of Valencia and the daytime Las Fallas festivities. Special bar deals in town by night and a free flamenco show. We go to all lengths to make sure that your Las Fallas experience is one of the best of your time in Europe. This is no, wham, bam, light it up ma’am experience, we’re down there setting up camp and scouting the city, so that when you arrive everything is ready to go and all you have to do is put on your party, and cultural appreciation, hats and go along with the rhythm of the fiesta.

What’s the deal

Stoke Travel’s beachside Las Fallas camp is open from the 15th of March, the first day of the festival. Every day we’ll guide you through the city and every night we’ll find a party for you. The weekend trip bus departs Barcelona at 16:00 (4pm) on Friday the 17th. That night we have a crazy campsite party, fuelled by the free-flowing beer and sangria bar, and a huge chef-cooked paella. Saturday is a day for beach games and exploring the city, pre-gaming at our bar, and partying into the night at our bar in the city, with the flamenco show. On Sunday we do a morning walking tour and then immerse ourselves into the fiesta’s activities all afternoon, before getting into the night’s pre-burning, and burning. Once we’ve partied sufficiently we board the buses and head back to Barcelona for work/study/hangover-nursing on Monday morning, unless you’ve opted to stay on in Valencia, in which case sleep in!

The daily price is €60 and the Barcelona-Las Fallas-Barcelona weekend is €195. This price includes everything — accommodation, meals at the camp, guides, games, private coach transfers — with an optional €10 per day surcharge for the unlimited beer and sangria at our campsite bar. For more information, and to reserve your spot, check the trip out here.

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Detrás de BLOODBROTHERS y su universo está Marco Santos mas conocido por “Tainha”, un artesano que traslada su arte y buen hacer a las tablas de surf, skates o bicicletas, descubre su mundo en este edit de Ricardo Mourão. Surfboards  
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Que gran evento el Gliding Barnacles, otro corto del festival mas canalla, elegante y donde más de respira surfing del continente europeo y que no para de crecer, ¿Qué nos prepararán los chicos de Eurico, para la edición 2018?
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We’ve been hearing people umming and ahhing about whether to go to Las Fallas in Valencia or St. Patrick’s Day in Ireland, and we just have to let you know that it’s a no-brainer! Oh boy, we just can’t get enough of Spanish fiestas, and Las Fallas is one of the finest. Here we present our meticulous reasoning (in easy to access point form).

1. Better weather. Las Fallas takes place in a gorgeous Spanish coastal city called Valencia. Dancing in the spring to say goodbye to winter? Much better than freezing your ass off outside a pub and looking like a Goretex marshmallow!

2. Better food. One word: Paella. Say it again — pay-ey-ya. Why stick to bland, boring potatoes when you can eat fresh, authentic paella in the dish’s birthplace!

3. The party lasts longer. Way longer. Forget the last calls at the Irish pubs. Party goers at Las Fallas literally party until the break of dawn. You’ll be in a constant rager with no closing time. You can always find Sangria and beer flowing in this city, flowing straight into your face!

4. Fireworks, massive bonfires and crazy pyrotechnics. Some people just want to watch the world burn. So let it burn.

5. Let’s face it, St. Paddy’s Day is St. Paddy’s Day – wherever you are. Whether it’s a college frat house back home or a massive pub crawl, you can always black out on Guinness, pull an Irish exit and wake up with substantially less clothes on anywhere in the world. If you’re here to experience Europe — try doing something completely new, insanely lit, and totally unforgettable with Stoke Travel at the Las Fallas Festival in Valencia, Spain!

Las Fallas is Valencia’s annual bonfire party and Stoke Travel will be there from the 15th-20th of March. For more party information, wiggle this way, and to check out what we offer for the festival, this is the place for you, hombre. 

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Ibiza is fantastic and you’re just going to love it. Is it the greatest place in the world? If you like having fun, then it may as well be. It’s a place where the rich and famous rub shoulders with the beautiful, wild and fun. Which one are you? We’re wild and fun. 

But isn’t it so expensive? Maybe, but Stoke Travel have a solution for that, aka our Beach Camp, open all summer long for €60 a day and night and our spring break trips that come in at €220, for a hotel complete with a pool party and €1 beers all day long.

So yeah, now that we’ve established how fantastic Ibiza is, and how great the Stoke Travel Ibiza Beach Camp is, and how marvellous spring break Ibiza will be, you’re frantically booking your trip, we’re going to inform you of how to prepare for your imminent arrival with our Ibiza preparation guide.

How to prepare for your Ibiza trip

1. Stop sleeping now

You will get some sleep in Ibiza, generally during the day or very late at night, or in the early evening, but with the fun as thick, fast and furious as it is in Ibiza you want to be as sleepless-fit as you can possibly be before you arrive. Some good ways to not sleep include being a massive disappointment to your family, a failure at your job, and to have horrible planning skills that result in you forever having deadlines hanging above your head, and running through your mind, when you should be sleeping and dreaming about tiny lambs covered in marshmallows.

2. Stop eating now

Because there should be nothing higher on your agenda than looking super shredded and hot! And everyone knows that food is the enemy of a body-to-die-for… Of course we’re joking, good food is the key to great hotness, so never stop eating if you want to look as great as you can. BUT, when on Ibiza, you might eat less (despite Stoke Travel including meals in its package), because who is smashing sandwiches on the dancefloor? Not us! So while on the party isle you might be, hmmm, eating one meal a day less than off island. Or maybe two meals less every three days. But keeping up a three meals and two snacks regime is a little difficult when you’re peeling your face off under the judgemental strobes of one of the world’s most banging discos.

3.  Bleach all of your clothes white

The best way to “do” Ibiza is to look like an extra from a Puff Daddy film clip. Dress in all white, lurk about on a yacht, drink lots of champagne and spill it all over the place, but never appear drunk. Do this every day. Wear really small sunglasses, also, or really big ones. Never wear regular sized sunglasses.

4. Bathe nightly

For a long time. Sit in the bath and soak, and don’t get out. Do everything from the bath. Chop your vegetables and do your homework in the bath, install a television in the bath and watch it from the bath. Do shots of tequila in the bath and as you do them scream out, Woo, yeah, that’s what I’m talking about, baby! You will notice that over time you will appear less wrinkled, less quickly. This will prepare you for all the pool parties you’ll attend on Ibiza.  

5. Inherit millions

Ibiza is notoriously expensive! Some people say that just getting a glass of water in a club will set you back more gold bars than you have, and don’t even think about entering said club, not unless you’ve got a sack full of diamonds… It’s not that extreme, but it is more expensive than other places Stoke go to. Now if you don’t inherit millions we’ve got just the solution to get you into all the places you want to be in — book with Stoke Travel! Our trips cost less and offer more than anybody else, we include meals and for only €10 extra a day we include unlimited beer and sangria. We also spend time every day getting our guests the best club entry and drinks deals, doing what we can to take the sting out of the unavoidably exorbitant Ibiza discotheque scene.

Stoke Travel goes to Ibiza twice in April for Spring Break and all summer-long for our Beach Camp and we’ll be seeing you there at some point and you will be perfectly prepared for your time on the island if you follow these five simple steps.

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