16 December 2011 - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Ho ho ho ho!!! By now most people got carried away by the Advent season and Christmas preparations. As well, the days are still getting shorter and the northern parts might be covered in snow soon... This is the right moment to start planning your next escape into Neptune’s arms! If you really have the need to get into warm water and tropical climate as soon as possible, no worries! Our Sri Lanka Camp, reachable within 9 hours is open from Mid January to Mid March. One week accomm ...
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13 September 2011 - Sri Lanka Fever...
Hey out there! Another great summer in Lagos is drawing slowly to an end, the autumn is starting and bringing already promising waves that you should not miss out! And of course we did start the planning for our Sri Lanka winter camp. The dates for the 2011/2012 winter season will be from mid January to mid March! Warm water, perfect waves for all surfing levels just in front of the doorstep or a short tuk-tuk drive away, jungle tours and for sure an exceptional surftrip! See pictures of our S ...
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26 March 2011 - FORGET THE EASTER EGGS – LET’S HUNT FOR EASTER WAVES!!!
The Surf Experience season just reopened back in Lagos after another amazing time in Sri Lanka. We were welcomed back home in a sunny and warm climate and with great waves and almost empty line ups, quite typical for this time of the year down here in the Algarve. Just get rid of your winter clothes and put on your wetsuits to join us surfing. We still do have some free places available in April and as well on the Easter weekend. Especially as Ryan Air has flights to Faro on ...
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25 February 2011 - Early Summer in Lagos!
Clear blue skies and temperatures well above the 20°C, March has brought us an early summer ! We checked out the average deals with EASYJET and RYANAIR to FARO AIRPORT for the month of march. Prices might change a bit depending on the dates of travel. So take advantage of the great weather and waves and come down to Vila Catarina! http://www.ryanair.com/en BIRMINGHAM MORE OR LESS 65GBP RYANAIR BREMEN MORE OR LESS 60 EUR RYANAIR DUBLIN MORE OR LESS 100 EUR RYANAIR ...
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10 February 2011 - Surf & Pilates Special and Training Sessions
Hi Everyone! We hope that you all had a good winter so far. While we are enyoing the warmth in Sri Lanka since a few weeks, Marlon came down to the Algarve to train with Gony Zubizarreta and Lucia Martino. What this did look like, as well as their training sessions in Ericeira at the moment, you can check on Marlon’s blog. New for this year will be our Surf & Pilates Special held for the first time from May 29th to June 5th in our self-catering accommodation VILA MARAVISTA. Pilates s ...
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07 October 2010 - Marlon wins Rip Curl Pro Portugal Trials
SUBERTUBOS, Peniche/Portugal (Tuesday, October 6, 2010) - In pumping 4- to 6-foot Supertubes, Portugal resident Marlon Lipke beat out a talented field of competitors, including European legend Pablo Gutierrez and local threat Vasco Ribeiro. "This all kind of came out of nowhere," Marlon said just after the final. "It's so great to be able to surf against the best surfers in the world again." (Marlon was a member of the WCT Top 45 in 2009). Dawn broke with class ...
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28 September 2010 - Prepare yourself for the cold season of the year!!!
While the sun is still shining constantly in Portugal, voices from the more northern climes are already telling about the cold and permanent rain… This seems to be the convenient time to plan how to escape the approaching winter and go surfing! This year Vila Catarina will be open during the whole autumn, Christmas and New Year’s until the beginning of January 2011. In the middle of January we will fold up our tents in Lagos to spend the winter in Sri Lanka. Up to mid or ...
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26 July 2010 - Melvin’s 1st cover and next Sri Lanka Camp
Have a look at Melvin’s first cover on ONFIRE - one of Portugal’s 2 big surfmags... Having this nice cover shot of Melvin surfing great waves this late spring near Faro. We hope you are all having a good summer so far with nice waves! Apropos nice waves - our next winter camp in Sri Lanka will be from mid January till mid March 2011. If you are planning a real exotic trip with cristal clear and warm water and perfect waves… Check out our camp in Sri Lanka! The price for 1 wee ...
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25 May 2010 - Surfen & Fußball
Zwischen dem 11. Juni und dem 11. Juli läuft die Fußball WM. Wer in dieser Zeit Surfen kommen möchte, braucht sich keine Sorgen zu machen, davon etwas zu verpassen! Auch die Crew von The Surf Experience ist vom Fußballfieber gepackt und wir werden es einrichten können, dass euch kein wichtiges Spiel entgeht… Jedes Spiel ist hier ein besonderes Ereignis, egal ob in der Villa selbst oder in Lagos beim Public Viewing inmitten vieler verschiedener Nationen… ...
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05 May 2010 - Springbreak
Seit unseren letzen News ist viel Wasser geflossen (in Form von Regen und von Wellen), der Frühling hat Portugal in eine einzige Farbenpracht verwandelt, wir haben unsere neue Vila Maravista in Lagos fertig für euch eingerichtet und ein isländischer Vulkan hat mal einfach so den gesamten Flugverkehr über Europa lahmgelegt… Nachdem die Aschewolke zunächst einmal mehr oder weniger großes Entsetzen unter den Surf Experience Gästen ausgelöst hat, da de ...
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