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06/30/2008
 Team Windsurfing Curacao will go with a group of 23 competitors to the Aruba HI-Winds competition. The Team has consists of 19 kids and 5 adult sailors. The Team wants to thank all sponsors. Without their c commitment it wouldn’t have been possible to go. |
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Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, Sunday, August 24th 2008
After months of flatness Neptune delivered some nice tropical depressions. Hurricane season started pretty early this year, denying us from wind for two weeks and counting. Luckily the TDs often bri |
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| Curacao and windsurfing? |
Curacao's
Caribbean sister islands, Aruba and Bonaire, are well known in the windsurfing
world. Curacao, which receives the same Caribbean trade
winds as its siblings, has remained undiscovered by
travelling windsurfers. Now, Windsurfing Curacao gives you the
opportunity to windsurf Curacao! The whole island offers opportunities
to windsurf! Check out these locations!
So get your A, B and C's of the windy Dutch Caribbean.
If you're just checking out what to do on Curacao,
if you're looking for an exciting activity, an
adventurous windsurfing trip to windsurfing heaven Klein
Curacao or just want more info about this great watersport.
Contact Windsurfing Curacao.
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| Curacao? |
Never
heard of Curacao? Don't worry here is some quick info about
Curacao.
Curacao or "Korsou" in the local tongue, or written
as Curaçao as it should actually be written, is a small
island in front of the Venezuelan coast.
Geographically, Curacao is part volcanic, part coral and part
sediment.
Curacao is located below the hurricane belt and as such there
has not been a
hurricane on Curacao for 180 years. It's mostly dry, with
one rain season from
October to November.
The primary wind is the North-East trade wind, called "passaat".
It is consistent
almost year round, except in the rain season.
Curacao was discovered in 1499 by the Spanish. It had been
conquered and reconquered by the English and Spanish until
the Dutch claimed it in 1663.
Curacao was the centre of the Dutch slave trade, until it
was abolished in 1863
Curacao is part of the Netherlands Antilles, which consists
of Bonaire, Saba,
St Maarten and St Eustatius. The Netherlands Antilles, Aruba
and The Netherlands make up the Dutch Kingdom.
Curacao is a melting pot, with more than 50 different nationalities
living on the island, which is about 60 kilometre long and
at most 15 kilometre wide.
The official language is Dutch, however the language spoken
by the majority of people is Papiamento. Papiamento is a mixed
language, with properties of Spanish, Dutch, English and African
languages. Spanish is also widely spoken.
Curacao has a long Caribbean history, its capital Willemstad
is on the UNESCO
world heritage list and consists out of 17 century Dutch Architecture.
Willemstad also contains the oldest Jewish Temple of the Western
Hemisphere.
Curacao is exceptionally good for diving, with more than 60
identified divespots.
Mountainbiking trails cover a great deal of the island and
Curacao is a yearly
stop of the UCI worldcup. The islands is ideal for any type
of water sport.
Windsurfing is hot in Curacao. More and more people of all
ages are picking
up the sport. Kids of 8 years old can be seen doing aerial
manoeuvres, while
others a speeding on the warm waters.
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