EasyDrop

5 Sep 2009

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Beaches, boards and bravado in Brazil

The problems begin when Brancão, our dreadlocked surf instructor, runs out of limes. We're gathered on the terrace at our guesthouse, or pousada, for a barbecue to celebrate the end of our week on the waves. The choice at Brancão's...

3 Jul 2007

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Learn to Surf

Located in Brazil’s sunshine state of Bahia, 300km south of Salvador, Itacare is a fishing village turned laid-back surf paradise where the water is so warm you won’t even need a wetsuit.
The town itself nestles in the middle of a...

25 Oct 2006

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Riding the Waves in Itacaré

There are hundreds of surfing classes that can teach you the basics, like how to stand on a board or ride a wave, but only a few camps will teach you to actually be a surfer. EasyDrop Surf Camp, in Itacaré, Brazil, is one of them. During...

27 May 2005

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Surfing in Paradise

The agua viva have stolen another day of surfing. Onshore winds from the northeast have brought small purple and white jellyfish with a particularly painful and dangerous sting to Praia do Engenhoca and so we are left sand-bound. Defeated...