NEW WINDSURFING SCHOOL

We have a new windsufing teacher. A dedicated young professional who comes from Netherlands, and who has has been teaching windsurfing in different places around Europe. He's name is Gerard Van Doorn, and he will be in charge of our school.
Our second Windsurfing School is in a marvelous beach within a fantastic resort that honors very well its name: "Fantasy Island Hotel Beach Resort".
The beach, is a private beach within a private island connected to Roatan by a 60 meters long bridge.
The hotel has everything you may imagine for you entertainment from a full diving operation, trips on hydroplane, kayaking, tennis, incredible snorkeling, and of course, the greatest place to learn to windsurf.

Windsurfing Honduras

On the beautiful island of Roatan in the Caribbean of Honduras you may enjoy the learning of windsurfing like you never dreamed. Amazing warm crystal turquoise waters in a flat and quiet sea protected by the second largest reef in the world surrounding the island are your "court" for your first steps learning this superb sport.
Nothing to worry about. Not a a wave to bother your concentration. Not a shark to put you nervous while you sail on these pristine waters. No need to swim because you'll learn everything you need to know on the soft sand while the sun -under the protection of a 30 spf sunscreen (or probably 45)- kill all those city bugs you're carrying on your skin. Besides, the water level will barely reach your waist.
Ah, what a pleasure!
Windsurfing was never that easy!
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The island of Roatan, in the Caribbean of Honduras, is full of hills and is green...very green. And of course it has that beautiful turquoise color waters, and also has the second largest Coral Reef in the world. A dream come true for windsurfers, divers and snorkelers and for those who want to start the incredible experience of watching underwater among the magic Caribbean reefs.
More to learn about Roatan:
www.bayislandsvoice.com
www.hondurastips.com
www.letsgohonduras.com

You also may get the last news of Honduras:
www.hondurasweek.com
If your spanish is good enough to read about things going on this country and surroundings, you may try one of these web pages:
www.elheraldo.hn
www.laprensa.hn

Oh, the Pirates!

Roatan has been subdued by different countries, races, cultures and, of course, Pirates.
This romantic and naïve view of pirates, doing Johnny Depp’s assaults type to the rich merchants, has nothing to do with the raw reality that those guys were the terrorists of that time.
According to certain statistics, pirates were awfully rude and violent, disgusting, ignorant, stinky, drunks, murderers, rapers, etc., etc.
Wow! This doesn’t sound like friendly people to me
Those beasts loved to explore the world and become automatically owners of any property where they put their feet on, call it country, town, island, cay, or any other place where they could drink, steal, rape, eat and defecate (and not exactly in the same order)
They were very well known for their unacceptable manners for talking (&%º¿Ç*), eating (like hyenas), drinking? (swallowing like pigs!) and making love (f…) like mandrills (but among 50 of them)
Pirates loved the black colour and they had huge collections of bones and skulls to scare their enemies. They buried the treasures they stole and in order to save the secret they also buried the guys who did the job, but kept the parrot alive because he will remember where to dig some years from there.
You see? There is always a bird in the middle.

Learning to Windsurf

Not too long ago to do windsurfing was something not that simple to achieve.
The boards were bigger, narrower, more unstable and very much heavier. The sails were more like a piece of cloth than the "wings" they are today, very light and easy to handle. The masts were thick, hard and heavy.
So the act of lifting the sail was not that easy to do.
In summary, to do windsurfing on those times required to be courageous besides to have some talent, skills and certain ability for masochism.
Today, the whole game of learning windsurfing is just a pleasure. Everything is light and easy.
The boards we have for instruction are ridiculously stable and comfortable even for a guy with lots of pounds.
The modern sails are so light that kids of 7 are sailing today. And we have all the sizes according to your height and weight.
Our masts for a regular sail can weight something as absurd as 2 pounds!
These, besides our teaching expertise, are good reasons why you should learn to windsurf here in Roatan.
The school is located within the perfect spot in the island for the practice of windsurfing.

Paddle Tennis

We have built the only Single Paddle Tennis Court in the island (and also in the whole country).
In case you haven't played Paddle Tennis, let me tell you that it is a lovely outdoors game, very easy to learn and play but very challenging and competitive. Lots of fun and lots of excercise.
Is a small court of 13 mts. long by 5.5 mts. wide with walls at the back and sides of each player. You play it like tennis and it has the same rules. You may hit the walls in order to put the ball on the side of your opponent.
The raquets are made of glass and carbon fiber and the core is cover by layers of a rubber known as Eva. The balls are very similar to the tennis ones and you can play with both types.
If you like raquet sports I can guarantee that you are going to have a lot of fun
$ 10 an hour (instructions, raquets & balls are included)

Sandy Bay Beach