Surfcamp!
Summer, Sun, Beach,Sand and new Friends...... SURF IT!
The
European Hawaii. That's what insiders call Fuerteventura. The easiest
way to catch your first wave is to take part at the Homegrown
Surfschool.
We offer you a unique
surfing experience in a safe and friendly environment. All equipment,
surfboards and wetsuits are of the best quality. Being a totally mobile
Surfschool we offer transportation in our Surfvehicles (4X4 Land Rovers
to get you off road!!) to a variety of the finest beachbreaks of
Fuerteventura. Our courses suit all levels and age groups.
You
can book the courses with or without accommodation and you can start
the course every day of the year (except the 1st of January).
Video: Day on the beach
Official Surfschool:
HOMEGROWN IS AN OFFICIAL SURFSCHOOL OF THE CANARY SURFING FEDERATION.
This guarantees that our Surfschool offers:
- licensed surfteachers (who obtain also a license of lifeguard)
- first class surf equipment for all levels (beginner, intermediate and advanced)
- insurance
- maximum 8 students per instructor (from 9 students, 2 instructors)
- the Surfschool is approved by the local authorities
Level 1: Surfcourse for beginners:
Ready to learn how to catch your first waves?! Here everybody is a
beginner, nothing to be ashamed of. You will go surfing everyday and
you will make daily progress in your surfing, so after this 6 days
course you will be a real surfer. (Also possible to book for a 3 day or
1 day surfcourse, but for a successful evolution in your training we
recommend a 6 day course or even better a 2 week course)
A 6 day beginner surfcourse looks like this: 1st day
- Warm-up and stretching
- Introduction of surf equipment
- Board handling at shore/ water
- Explaining safety rules
- Balance on surfboard
- Gliding in whitewater (lying)
- Try to take your first wave (standing)
2nd day- Paddling technique
- Take-off technique in whitewater
- Theory and practical at the shore
- Take-off technique correction
3rd + 4th day
- Theory and practical at the shore
- Individual take-off correction
- Turning the board (frontside)
- Aceleration/stalling techniques
- How to get to the line-up
- Paddling into the line-up using the diving technique
5th + 6th day
- Theory and practical at the shore
- Take off in green waves
- Turning the board (backside)
- Paddling for green waves
- Straight Take off
- Take off Frontside/Backside
Level 2: Surfcourse for the intermediate surfer:
If you already did a surfcourse before, but you want to improve your
skills and style, or simply want to surf in a good and safe atmosphere,
then this is the level for you.
The surfteachers will evaluate your skills and you will improve your surf learning new tricks.
When you book for an intermediate course you will surf custom made
surfboards and have the chance to try different types of boards
depending on the waves and your level. This course takes place at the
same beaches as the beginners course.
In a 6 day intermediate course you will improve your:
- Paddling technique
- Take off in green wave
- Surfing frontside and backside
- Backside railgrab
- Duckdive, eskimoroll
- Bottomturn
- Cutback
- Surf shortboards, malibus and longboards
Where do we go surfing?
With our 4X4 Land Rovers we have the opportunity to go to 6 different
beachbreaks (playa cotillo, playa esquinzo, playa de las mujeres, playa
tubaderas, playa morro, playa blanca) and 1 reefbreak (rockypoint). We
are searching daily for the best conditions and waves according to your
level.
