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Jericoacoara ('Jeri')

With streets paved with sand, life takes on a much slower pace in Jeri. No traffic, no line ups, no honking, no stress. Sometimes that simplicity comes at a cost, on occasion you might find the grocery stores supply of diet coke depleted forcing you to take a fresh juice instead. Or, you may have to share the road with a meandering mule or cow while wandering back to your pousada and upon occasion you might be forced to dine by candle light due to a brief power out. However, if you think you can cope with these trifles; you're in for a treat. But be aware, if you are anything like most who come here, be sure to book more days then you expect since surely you'll want to extend your stay!

Getting Here

Another reason for Jeri being able to maintain its unhurried and peaceful way of life is the exceptional journey one takes to get there. Because of Jeri's remote location, the last 2 hours of the trip has to be traversed by 4 wheel drive vehicles which pass along rugged dirt roads and finally along the last stretch of sandy beach. It is a thrilling ride that certainly adds to the experience as well as helping to keep herds of tour buses at bay. You can still watch daily as fisherman head out to sea in their traditional 'jangada' boats, in the same way they have for so many years before and hopefully henceforth.

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Conditions

Jericoacoara and ClubVentos is situated on the eastern point of a long carving bay. This means that all sailing takes place inside a bay which then creates a natural safety area.

There are three main sailing areas around ClubVentos, which together makes Jericoacoara a rather diverse spot.

The Point
Just in front of the club you will find the smoothest waves in north of Brazil. This is the main sailing area, where most of our clients choose to surf. On the inside the waves gently turns into flat water, and André Paskowski recently said it is one of the flattest waters he has sailed. That means that you can jump on the way out, do a tack, surf a wave on the way in and end the ride with a freestyle attempt on the super flat inside.

Sunset Dune
This large sailing area offers the best freeride sailing in the Jericoacoara bay. An endlessly big flat water area which sometimes can contribute with some nice and gently shorebreaks.

Malhada
For the more advance sailor. This side-on beach on the other side of town (upwind of "The Point") offers the best starboard jumping ramps around. But it is a place for sailors with confident as there is a lot of rocks and a long walk back if something goes wrong. The current freestyle champion, Marcilio “Brawzinho” Browne has this beach as one of his favourite jumping beaches.

Regarding waves
Waves differ in size depending on tide, swell and time of year. During high tide is when you have the biggest waves ranging in size from waist to shoulder to head high. The waves in Jericoacoara and the whole northern coast of Brazil becomes bigger later in the season, with peaking size at Christmas. With a soft sandy bottom, these are friendly, gentle waves that are perfect for learning to ride, to practice your jumps, tabletops, forwards, back loops or whatever move you feel like going for.

The Centre

Once again, Oceansource has partnered with the best centre in town. Club Ventos offers you nothing less than "the best" - with a beachfront center loaded with the latest gear from Starboard & JP boards and NeilPryde rigs. Our Gold range of equipment is hand picked from the best shapes around: JP, Starboard and NeilPryde have time and again impressed our customers with their ease of use and progressive shapes!

For 2011, we have introduced our Pro Range, for those who want to take their windsurfing experience to the next level. The Pro pool gives you access to Pro Edition boards and rigs with RDM masts and Hybrid carbon booms! Whatever your choice; your enjoyment is limitless as we ensure the equipment is well maintained and staff are on hand to help find the best kit solution for your needs.

Tuition
Whether you want to learn the basics of windsurfing or fine-tune your more advanced skills, Club Ventos has highly qualified instructors on hand to be of assistance.

The Club provides its students with a full range of the latest equipment from JP, Neil and Starboard in various sizes and models which best suit every level or need of sailor.

Courses can be taken in 1.5 hour blocks and start at 60 Euros for beginners including equipment rental.

All guests are covered by a comprehensive safety system.

Accommodation

Please choose from our hand-picked selection of the finest pousadas in and around Jericoacoara.