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A large sweeping bay in the south of Tenerife with conditions to teach, test and train you. A sunny winter escape dedicated to windsurfing with optional e-biking, foiling, suping and winging.
Join our bespoke Windwise experience for intermediate to advanced windsurfers looking to build skills and confidence in both flat water and waves.
Based on shared room & excluding flights
Gybe variations + Jump + Ride
Conditions: Freeride bay, bump & jump + optional waves
Water state: Flat water bay, rolling swell and waves
Wind direction: NE
Wind strength: F4+
Sail range: 4.0-7m
Windsurf centre: TWS including Severne kit
Course criteria: Waterstart + sail sub 130L board
Non-windsurfing partner rating:
Other activities: Foiling, Winging, SUPing, eBiking and we’ll take you to some fabulous places to eat.
Freewave + Foiling + Biking + Fab food
Situated on the south western tip of Tenerife, El Medano is the perfect winter warm-up and training location.
It’s a huge bay and a famous windsurfing spot, making it the number one short-haul winter destination to develop Freewave skills and have a real adventure too.
Ideal for the intermediate to advanced windsurfers, looking to build confidence and a wider skills base.
Stunning ocean-view and accommodation, tasty tapas and Dorado beer. There’s plenty multi-activity back up, should the wind be light.
Windsurfing + Multi-sports
master your freewave skills…
YOU CAN LEARN THIS!
You’ll never be bored
Non-windsurfing partners are very welcome on Windwise trips.
Whether it’s checking out the vibrant local El Medano town which has a relaxed vibe, or enjoy a good book whilst lounging on a sun bed- it’s a great place for a sunny winter escape.
There’s plenty of additional adventures and activities including:
Simon Bornhoft’s expert experience, 1-2-1 guidance and the proven Windwise Skills Training System provides the very best in professional coaching.
We’ve got it covered!
Look, lean and be more Warrior
Windwise expertise throughout your holiday, all at a pace to suit you.
If you’re used to sailing a sub 130L board, you’ll be fine in El Medano. If you sail 85-115L boards, you’ll want to stay forever!
Our approach to guarantee a professional coaching experience that includes:
Become the best you can be
We’re here to help you
Find out what you really should be working on…
We’ll develop the fundamental Windwise skills, that are the DNA of windsurfing progression. We’ll help you learn it and use it for your level of sailing.
Become better looking!
How to create your ultimate counterbalance.
Specific consistent foot & hand placements
Learn the DNA of how to turn a board
Learn how to truly use body mechanics
Rig@90 + Talk to the mic + Rig rotators + Upwind downwinders
Action packed with Windwise skills and drills to suit your needs, increase your knowledge and abilities together with loads of personal attention to get the most out of your time on the water.
Always a really great fun week and lots to do
El Médano town is a typically Spanish in its look and feel with fabulous great value eateries with plenty of fresh local fish, tasty tapas, local beers, Vino De Casa to refuel at the end of the day.
We base ourselves in some stunning beachside accommodation with breathtaking views over the bay.
This provides a really convenient base for breakfasts, socials and that wonderful après windsurfing feel, whilst being just 50mtrs from the TWS windsurfing centre.
Plenty of options for everyone for this winter escape.
Winter sun and wind
Great apre’s windsurfing
You’ll experience the best possible coaching in one of the windsurfing Meccas in the Canaries.
The town is the sort of place you can stroll through and enjoy little bars, cafes and relax with a sunset beer after a full day on the water.
Whether you’re flying solo or sharing the experience this trip works really well and offers a really great place to hang out and be as social as you like.
Situated just a fins throw from the TWS windsurfing centre, Los Balos is an iconic set of apartments right next to the TWS windsurfing centre and only a 5 min walk into El Medano town.
We love these three bedroom, self-catering apartments with kitchen facilities, large living space and simply stunning balcony views.
Los Balos is where we sleep, have breakfast and enjoy post sail beers, team talks, video playback, communal breakfasts and the odd ‘cook off’.
As well as the truly stunning windsurfing location with the amazing backdrop of Mount Tide, we have loads of optional extras if we need to take a day off the water.
Adventures on and off the water
Freeride blasting in the bay and then a mix of conditions depending on the swell. It’s a great place to develop your overall ability, get introduced to surf, ride some easy waves and gain more confidence and skills.
We use the superbly well stocked and manage TWS windsurfing centre that we’ve used over 10 year.
A great mid winter option to get tuned up in the sun!
Enjoy Freeride, Freewave and land based options
We’ll help you through, out, on and in the waves
Flatter water and waves
Whilst the windiest time for the Canaries is mid summer, it is still a very popular winter location – it’s about the only shorthaul flight location that gives you a decent chance of wind – especially when the trade winds kick in.
Wind direction: Side shore port tack (left to right)
Conditions: Freeride + small + medium waves (depending on swell)
Sail sizes: 4.0-6.5m (When the trades are in 4.0-5.3m)
Board sizes: 95-150L depending on your level
The TWS centre has rescue cover for those who sail within the designated area.
Straight off from the TWS centre is a huge windsurfing beach which is famous for flatter water on the inside and luscious rolling swell out back.
It’s the sort of place and type of Windwise course where we look to expand a whole your range of really useful skills, rather than focus on just trying to fine tune your gybes.
About 300m upwind of the main beach sailing area in El Medano is the Harbour Wall, which is a super easy point break.
This means not having to sail out through white water, just nip round past the break and then ride the wave in.
When the conditions are right there’s down-the-line style riding, plus a stunning downwinder back to base.
If you want to head even further upwind around the headland, there’s Cabezo beach which is where they’ve held PWA wave events.
Below is a list of everything you need to know about your holiday in Tenerife.
Go step-by-step through everything and use it as a checklist: Flights – Transfers – Accommodation – Communications – What to Bring.
Outbound
Inbound
Group Transfer
Private Transfers
Los Balos Apartments
Telephone
It is compulsory to have third-party and personal insurance for the duration of the course, covering injury to self and others.
Travel insurance is also recommended to cover any possible issues that may arise.
RYA insurance definitely does NOT cover you overseas for rental gear, third party accidental cover or kit damage.
Some holiday companies will cover you for kit insurance whilst others won’t. TWS offer a German insurance that you can take out with Safety Tool, which lasts a whole year. Check out https://cp.vdws.de/safetytool/
If you don’t already have third-party windsurfing insurance, you can contact Insure4Sport for year-round cover. We don’t have any financial arrangement, but many of our clients have used them for both 3rd Party & Kit Damage.
Please let us know if you have any special dietary requirements or health issues we need to know about.
Simon Bornhoft / Windwise – by Ian Phillips of www.kuchi.solutions
About Windwise
You’re getting the knowledge, expertise and enthusiasm of one of the worlds most experienced coaches, Simon Bornhoft.
Simon has personally coached well over 6,000 windsurfers. He’s seen, tried and coached just about every single windsurfing style, tip and technique out there.
His intuitive ability to instantly identify where things are going wrong, is matched by the ability and desire to give you the exact solution, skill set and the quickest progression path to match your level, style and aspirations.
The Windwise system has been published in articles all over the world. But there’s nothing better than getting it live on the water with Simon and his team.
Check out more about Simon and his team here.
If you’re new to the sport or you’re looking to lock down the real basics, these courses are perfect for you.
Run by our trained Windwise coaches, they can assist you through the beginning and early stages of the sport using proven Windwise windsurfing coaching techniques to speed up your learning curve. We have 1 to 2 day windsurfing courses and our very popular overseas windsurfing holidays.
Introducing, explaining and building the essential windsurfing skills using the Windwise coaching system.
Simon Bornhoft we’ll help you develop and improve all areas of your windsurfing. Quick beach and waterstarts, relaxed stances, quality control, the earliest of planing, controlled harnessing and blasting in the straps, better upwind sailing, quicker tacking and learning how to gybe.
Want to break that plateau, extend your wind range, increase speed and consistency in those gybes and learn other achievable short board skills and moves? Then this is the course for you.
Simon Bornhoft will guide you through sailing smaller boards, tacking in stronger winds/lower volume boards, cranking up those carve gybes, control-jumping over chop, or having some fun with optional feasible freestyle like flat water wave riding, duck gybes, helitacks, up and downwind 360’s etc.
If you’re looking to get into waves or develop existing wave sailing skills you wave then our Freewave & Wave courses are the perfect environment to take you to the next level – which is far more accessible than you might think.
We run through high wind control, sailing sub 100L boards, uphauling, tacking and hovering on semi submerged boards.
Common questions
If you’re new to the sport or you’re looking to lock down the real basics, these courses are perfect for you. Run by our trained WINDWISE coaches, they can assist you through the beginning and early stages of the sport using proven WINDWISE windsurfing coaching techniques to speed up your learning curve. We have 1-2 day windsurfing courses and our very popular overseas windsurfing holidays.
Booking conditions
Windwise will do their best to ensure your safety and enjoyment on the water. There will be times when you’re being coached individually and in a group. There will also be times when you are freesailng by yourself, just like a regular windsurfing holiday-resort.
Windsurfing is, potentially, a dangerous sport and you must agree to sail in a responsible manner and in the designated areas outlined to you in resort.
In the event that Simon Bornhoft is not able to make the clinic/holiday or course due to illness or unforeseen circumstances, your Windwise booking and holiday are still valid and the course/holiday/adventure will still go ahead and another Windwise coach will be provided for you.
Being a small operation we have to pre-pay hotels and centres to get rates, plus there are associated costs for putting these courses on overseas.
So if for any unforeseen reason you’re unable to attend the clinic or experience holiday cancellation, airline cancellation, personal health issues, injury or any other personal reason or unforeseen circumstances that prevent you from joining the course, you will still be required to pay for your holiday. You can transfer your place to another person, but if you need to cancel and cannot find a replacement we will offer compensation under the following guidelines.
