The summer has arrived… so we can surf again in shorts and lycra or in bikini :-) The water is now 21 degrees, the air temperature is about 30 degrees and the waves are still rolling. Most probably at your home it is now also good weather, but I have some doubts that the waves are rolling at your home town.

What to do in September when the days get shorter, darker, colder and rainier… and you need some more surf, sun, beach and party?

The solution is to go for an endless summer trip, book a flight with a low budget company (like Ryanair), fly 4 hours and you will enjoy the golden beaches of Fuerteventura and the atmosphere at the Homegrown surfcamp and surfschool (www.homegrown.es).

So what is new for the endless summer of 2010…?

• Photographer Mauro is following us to the beach every day and is shooting your best action photos. You can see some samples on our photo-blog. The photo-blog will be updated every week, so maybe you will see your surf action on our blog!
• Our local shaper has colored our surfshop again with new custom surfboards (see picture). We have a whole new quiver of longboards, malibus, minimalibus, shortboards and fishes. We have 80 new boards in stock (see picture), so it’s the right moment if you want to buy a new board.
• In the surfschool this summer we have 5 surfteachers (4 boys and 1 girl), 3 surf teachers for the beginner level and 2 surf teachers for the intermediate level, so we are prepared to improve your surfing skills no matter what your level is or which bad surfing habits you have.

If you want to check out the latest news about what is happening in the Homegrown surf house and shop…our you lost the email address of new friends you met during the Homegrown surfcamp, you can find it all in our Homegrown FACEBOOK.

If you long for surf or just like to hang around in our surfcamp or surfschool, book your flight and come surfing with us. As you know Homegrown is a 100% surf company, ALL we do is surf, surf and surf. The best thing about living on the Canary Islands (or doing your surfholiday in Fuerteventura) is that we have the endless summer!!

For more Information, check our website: www.homegrown.es.

As surfers know, to enjoy our passion (which is surfing) and to do our job we are really dependant on nature (and flights)… Mostly here in Fuerteventura we have blue sky with good waves and many planes arriving to the Island (now even more with low budget companies like Ryanair and Easyjet).

Last week in our SurfCamp and surf school we had surfers that could not leave the island as all flights were canceled (because eruption of the volcano in Iceland), so they had an extra-long holiday, they were happy about that! On the other side, there were also many clients that wanted to come surfing with us, but could not fly to the ‘European Hawaii’ Fuerteventura so they have postponed their surfing holidays. Rules of nature …

Luckily all the volcanoes on Fuerteventura (and on all Canary Islands) are NOT active, so the worst thing that could happen when you are surfing with us is another natural disaster so all flights got cancelled, and that you had to stay a little bit longer and just enjoy the endless summer (for sure you will be able to explain your boss or teacher that it was not your fault :-)

Ryanair is again flying to Fuerteventura since the 1st of April and we and all our customers are stoked about that: they found a cheap flight, have nice accommodation and are getting everyday high quality surflessons (with a lot of individual corrections on their surf style, style is important in life…)

Since March 2010 we have a new fotographer: Mauro (you can check his website on www.liquidshots.net). He learned surfing with Homegrown 3 years ago and he got the surf virus. So he changed his way of life and become a professional surf photographer. The last 2 years he traveled around the world to take the best surf photos (in this newsletter you find a picture of huge Pipeline, Hawaii). Now he is back in Fuerteventura to stay here and is now our exclusively photographer for Homegrown. So for sure when you come surfing with us he will shoot your best pictures (from the beach and also with his special water camera)

As many persons wanted to come last week, but were not able too, we are making a special LAST MINUTE OFFER for Homegrown SurfCamp Casa Hilda for month May and June, price 299 €! (Normal price 395 €).

This includes transfer airport (Mon-Sat), 7 night accommodation in our Surf house Casa Hilda, Bed sheets and towel, 6 days of Surf lessons (practice and theory) given by licensed surf teachers, first class surf equipment for all levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced), Insurance, Surfboard, leash, wax and wetsuits, transfer to the surf spots with our surf vehicles and there are maximum 8 persons per surf teacher and all this for 299 €!

Of course, if you have any questions or you want to book your surfholiday with us you can always contact us at info@homegrown.es, robien@homegrown.es or surfcamp@web.de.

To celebrate the return of Ryanair we give you a special offer for our surfcamp during the first 6 months of 2010, also valid even if you do not fly with Ryanair! (Valid for bookings made from 15th of January till 15th June 2010)

• If you come alone you get a 15% discount so 1 week surfcamp is 335€
• If you come with 1 friend, you get both a 20% discount, so 1 week surfcamp is 315€
• if you come with 2 friends you and your friends get a 25% discount, so 1 week surfcamp is 299€
• And if you come with a group of friends (4 or more) you all get a 35% discount, so 1 week surfcamp is 255€!

Our pack surfcamp includes 6 days of surf lessons (powered by our professional surf teachers), material (board, wetsuit, leash and wax), airport transfer (Monday till Saturday from 08.00 till 22.00), insurance and 7 night accommodation in our surf house.

So you just have to bring power in your arms, a flight ticket and a good stomach to survive the mojitos.

If you want the start the year with some surf and sun just come to Homegrown, Fuerteventura, Canary Islands and don’t forget to check also the other low cost flight companies like Easyjet, Air lingus, German Wings and Monarch Airlines.

Say no to expensive flight tickets!

Hope to see you in 2010!!!

We have good news for you if you want to fly to Fuerteventura because since the 8th of November there are some new airlines flying to our beautiful Island Fuerteventura!

It is our job and our pleasure to teach you surfing (or to improve your surf) and to give you a good accommodation, but now also we would like you to find easy a good and cheap flight to Fuerte. For a complete list of all flights flying to Fuerteventura click here.

For low budget travelers, Homegrown recommend budget airlines Easyjet, Germanwings, Monarchflights and Ryanair. (As Ryanair has very cheap prices it is worth to fly to Lanzarote and then take 20 min boat trip or even easier is to fly to Gran Canaria and then take a 30 minute flight to Fuerteventura).

Also for 2010 we are making a new webpage where we want to add many pictures and videos, so if you have some nice pictures or videos from your holidays with Homegrown (surfcamp, surfschool or from your parties in Corralejo…) you are more than welcome to post them in our Facebook or just send them to my mail address robien@homegrown.es.

So if you want to escape from the co2 pollution, traffic jam, frozen mornings, rainy days,….and you would like to have some sun, surf, beach life, burned legs and fresh mojitos, check out a cheap flight from our list and book your holiday with Homegrown!

It took a little bit of time for the multimedia progress to reach the Canary Islands but finally we have also a Homegrown Facebook!! Have a look at it, we have uploaded some new photos (taking from the last weeks) and we downloaded also some Homegrown videos.

You can join the Homegrown Facebook from our website www.homegrown.es, choose your language and click on the Facebook logo at the bottom of the home page. If you have some photos or videos of surfing you are more than welcome to put them on our Facebook!! The group page is really useful if you want to get in contact with the friends you met during the course you did with us!

Off course, if you have any questions you can always contact us at info@homegrown.es, robien@homegrown.es or surfcamp@web.de.

Surfs’ up every day of the year with Homegrown!