SURFER SPAS MAUI & KAUAI SUMMER 2014
SURFER SPAS INFO AT: HWHGPAC@GMAIL.COM
NEW SURFER SPA AND SURF CAMP NOW OPEN IN SAYULITA (PUERTO VALLARTA) MEXICO.
We are exactly twenty (20) miles from the airport in Puerto Vallarta. Most of the Highway goes through a beautiful jungle! You will never find a better surfing beach for beginners! The people are the most friendly in Mexico! Our staff is trained and holds the highest qualifications. When Dr. Charles Chase White, LLD opened the first Nevada Clinic of Preventive Medicine in Las Vegas in 1980, he hired seven (7) medical doctors (MD) who also had degrees in Holistic Medicine in the first month of operation. We believe that, NO OTHER SUCCESS CAN COMPENSATE FOR THE FAILURE OF YOUR OWN HEALTH! (Floyd Weston, Co-Founder, 1980). Since then Dr. White has specialized in Women's Health and has written two books on the Prevention of Breast Cancer. He has taught Law & Medicine, and since 2005 he has been traveling the world teaching doctors and nurses Lymphatic Detox Drainage. See: www.hwhnetwork.com for more details.
Please email us for information on Sayulita, Mazatlan, Los Cabos, Panama & Bali All-Women Surf Camps: hwhgpac@gmail.com
Entry Requirements:
According to expert travel advisors, citizens of the United States and Canada are required to present a valid passport to enter Mexico. A tourist card (provided at the airport) must also be completed, presented upon entering Mexico, retained during one's stay, and surrendered upon leaving the country. The tourist card is available at Mexican Consulates, travel agencies, or airline check-in counters.
What to Expect in Mazatlan
1.) We pick you up at the airport on Saturday and give you a tour of old town, the golden zone (hot night clubs)and the best beaches. Our drivers are all bi-lingual and have a very good knowledge of the history of Mazatlan and Mexico in general. Feel free to ask any questions.
2.) Our first dinner is at El Paraje (The Place) where you have your choice of BBQ Ribs (all you can eat) or their famous three Lobster dinner. The drinks are all free. All meals are included in the Surf Camp & Spa package.
3.) We are located at the best surfing spots. Spa treatments are available twelve hours a day to soothe your sore muscles - some will be muscles you have not used for a long time. We have nearly every type of massage and several bodywraps, manicures and pedicures. All treatments are included in the package price. Tips are encouraged but not required.
4.) Rooms and beds are assigned by age groups, but changes can be made to make everyone happy. We have free phone calls to Euorpe, Canada, and the States. We also have wireless internet and unlimited Dish TV. You will feel right at home. All bedrooms are upstairs and no males are allowed upstairs. We have daily maid service.
5.) We have no age limits. The oldest woman is 58 and the youngest is 21. You must be 18 to travel to Mexico alone, but we do encourage mother-daughter guests.
6.) Surfing lessons are given by both men and women. The men are usually taller and can take you farther out to catch the best waves. Golf and tennis lessons are also available as well as bowling and miniture golf. We also offer horseback riding on the beach and have quads and dune buggies.
7.) The Mazatlan nightlife is great for all ages. One of our male drivers will escort you by van to a different club each night and will allow you to party until 2:00am. The best surf is arount eight in the morning.
8.) Breakfast and lunch will be prepared by our cook buffet style. There are no set times for meals. We pride ourselves in healthy foods and try to serve all 50 Super (Power) Foods during the week.
9.) We will visit all of the great tourist spots, i.e., the highest lighthouse in the world, the Angela Peralta theater, watch the cliff divers and have lunch in the quaint puebla known as El Quelite - about 25 miles north of Mazatlan.
10.) Everything is optional. This is not a boot camp, but most women lose a pound a day due to the exercise from surfing and healthy food. Your muscles will be toned when you return home- especially the upper arms.
Cabo: www.puertoloscabos.com
We have found the perfect spot in Mexico which offers great surfing - both for beginners and experts, great food and festivities, a world-class health spa -- everything is located right on the beach. You can walk with your surfboard or boogie board from our beach-front hotel to a nice sandy beach (next to the El Cid Marina jetty), or take one of our vans to the end of the road at Playa Bruja.
We have bi-lingual horses and great surf instructors at Bruja. You will get a private surfing lesson each day, and you can ride the best horses in Mexico on the beach, or take a short detour to the famous estuaries near Pueblo Bonito at Emerald Bay.
Our spa offers over thirty different treatments and you are allowed to try four of them each day. Don't worry about prices. All spa treatments and food are included in the price! Start with a manicure, pedicure, facial and massage. Then try our three types of body wrappings, ten different medical and sports massages, including hot-stone, and even get your hair cut. We also offer chiropractic and ultrasound treatments to compliment the deep-tissue sports massages. We also offer hot mineral baths scented with lavendar!
1.) Playa Bruja (Witches' Beach).
2.) El Cid Marina surf break and sandy beach (almost in front of house).
3.) Valentinos - left and right breaks ($25 million night club).
4.) Playa Olas Altos (High Waves Beach).
The center of the photo to the right shows our beach houses and hotel. We are on the beach, but can take a short ferry ride to the pools at the El Cid Marina which also has stores and a medical clinic. It is a ten minute walk to surf the jetty to the left, or an hour walk (10 minutes by van) to Bruja to the right (not seen on map). Playa Bruja is one of the best surfing spots (point break) in the world. Call for a free DVD of our women's surf lessons at Bruja Beach.
Set inside a beautiful cove in the Pacific Ocean, Mazatlán enjoys temperate, tropical weather year–round. With temperatures ranging from the mid–60s to mid–90s, Mazatlán is an ideal destination any time of year.
Month | Average High | Average Low |
January | 80 – 82 | 66 – 68 |
February | 81 – 84 | 67 – 70 |
March | 83 – 86 | 70 – 72 |
April | 84 – 87 | 72 – 74 |
May | 87 – 90 | 66 – 68 |
June | 88 – 90 | 77 – 79 |
July | 90 – 92 | 78 – 80 |
August | 90 – 92 | 76 – 79 |
September | 88 – 95 | 76 – 78 |
October | 87 – 89 | 74 – 77 |
November | 83 – 85 | 70 – 72 |
December | 81 – 83 | 68 – 70 |
Surfing is often thought of as a male sport, but in fact women have enjoyed surfing since the days of ancient Hawai'i, and in California since the early 1920's. Today, you can find "wahine" surfers in every surfing country. Like the men, they range from amateurs to accomplished professionals, competing for cash prizes and corporate sponsors.
One of the earliest women surfers from California was Mary Ann Hawkins. She was the first of a long line which stretched down in the 60's to Marge Calhoun and her daughters, and naturally to Linda Benson, followed by some of the top pro surfers of today.
The first Australian to ride a surfboard was, in fact, a woman: Isabel Letham, who rode tandem with Duke Kahanamoku when the Duke introduced Australians to board riding at Freshwater in 1915. In the early60's, Australians Phyllis O'Donnell and Gail Couper were very influential for women's surfing.
Surfing among women really became popular with the arrival of the Hollywood movies, like Gidget Goes Hawaiian, or Ride The Wild Surf. Linda Benson did the surfing action sequences for Gidget Goes Hawaiian, and while this is among her more memorable surfing experiences, she was Pacific Coast Women's Champion in 1959, 1960 and 1961. In 1963, at the age of 18, Linda was one of the best-known young women in surfing.
Linda Merrill's surfing style incorporated ballet-like artistry as she danced from the tail to the nose on Hawaiian and Californian waves in the early 60's.
After winning the 1965 U.S. Surfboard Championships, Joyce Hoffman was world champion in1966-67. She grew up right on the beach in San Juan Capistrano, California. Walter, her father, was totally involved in surfing, and Uncle Phillip would go anywhere to ride that perfect wave.
Joyce totally dominated the women's surfing scene in the mid to late 60's. Joyce was honored as one of the original eight inductees into the International Surfing Hall of Fame, which pays tribute to the many individuals who made surfing what it is today.
Joyce and Joey Hamisaki, from Hawaii, were probably the first well-respected women surfers. In 1968, a new lady was on the scene, Margo Godfrey, who surfed with a "tom-boyish" style. In 1975, after 3 years of married life on Kauai, professional contests started and Margo was the first pro woman surfer. She won the W.I.S.A. Hang Ten Championships at Malibu (the first all-women's international pro). Margo's illustrious career of complete domination of her sport was unequaled by any male surfer.
More and more women are being attracted to surfing. The arrival of professional surfing has helped this process; so has the twin-fin board, being small, light and easier to turn than the single fin. But the people who have been mainly responsible for this change in public attitude are the professional women surfers themselves.
Two shining examples of this are Jericho Poppler and Rell Sunn, two ladies who have worked hard at producing this social change. Jericho grew up in Long Beach, California, and Rell in Makaha Beach, Hawai'i. In the mid 60's, they were both regarded as strange, in the almost totally male-dominated sport. Jericho was 1970 U.S. Women's Champion, and 1976 World Champion. She was also responsible for instigating women's professional surfing. Rell. "The Queen of Makaha," began surfing at age 4. She was Hawaii's number one woman amateur surfer for five years, and in 1975 joined the first women's pro tour.
But then, when the growth of professionalism enabled them to travel and give their views to the world, they had little trouble raising genuine public support. They are both very dynamic ladies, and not only have become excellent ambassadors of surfing, but champions for preserving our ocean environment.
