Report from Baja - Women's Camps get lots of steady wind, tasty margaritas, whale sharks and a bit more.
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 06:20PM The CKB women's kite and pilates camps in Baja Mexico this winter have been another huge success! If you are considering learning to kiteboard, definitely consider booking a camp for 2011. Here's a report from the last two camps in February...
Weather has been amazing, wind steady, and activities plentiful here in La Ventana. We start each morning with Pilates at 7, followed by an incredible hearty breakfast of fresh fruit bowls and an authentic mexican dish. Before the wind comes up we do a little standup paddling, or maybe just resting in a hammock with a book. Kiteboarding lessons consume most of the rest of the day, then it's happy hour, dinner, and bed around 8-9 pm!
On no wind days, we swam with sea lions & the whale sharks, which was one of the most amazing experiences ever!! We got to see humpbacks swim in a group of 4, one single humpback breaching and playing solo, and baby dolphins swimming at the bow of the boat. And as if the water activities were not enough, we went into town and did Lucha Lebre on Friday night! That's Mexican wrestling for those who don't know. Here's a photo journal of the last two weeks of kiteboarding camps in Baja Sur Mexico... what an amazing couple of weeks it's been!
7 am Yoga and pilates under the Palapa
A spectacular view for morning movements -- Bahia de La Ventana, aloe and a variety of flowering cacti in the background.
Standup paddling the calm, crystal clear waters. Snorkeling from above the water!
Standup paddling out to a shrimp boat in the bay.
New for 2010!! Water pilates -- a challenge of balance and core strength on the SUP board in the water.
Humpbacks surfacing and diving in the bay.
Our guide Tim and captain Yoni, beached at Cerralvo island after swimming with the sea lions.
On a snorkeling trip to see the sea lions, we were greeted by this beautiful breaching humpback whale!
Humpback Whales on our way to swim with sea lions from Tonia Farman's Vimeo page.
Taking Jen out for her first ride of the camps. Goal: go out and come back to the same spot!
Kiteboarding with the GoPro wide angle camera on the board!!
Brittney runs through launching a kite with Annie.
Brittney picks up Katie from her downwinder on the quad.
Our other instructor Brittney on the ever-important white board!
Tonia, Rochelle, Jen, and Brittney at camp.
A fine day at the office... Tonia instructs via radio helmets, following on the ATV from the beach. You go downwind, and we pick you up!
Board meeting. Rochelle, Annie, and Ingvil get instructed on board starts in the water.
A no wind day means there's always something else to do! How about swimming with whale sharks?
This guy free-dove down under the whale shark. These fish are absolutely beautiful!
Following the big swaying tail from behind. See the video below!
Swimming with Whalesharks from Tonia Farman on Vimeo.
Lucha Lebre in La Paz - mexican wrestling - what a crazy experience!
Reader Comments (2)
Its paradise with whales, I wish I could be there this year. I've been planning for this but yet again I have to postpone, this time I am pregnant, the others might think I am the whale.
Those whale sharks look amazing! It must be heaven being there. Minnesota Health Insurance