At the end of the session we even had enough wind for a couple of jumps. The wind usually comes and goes throughout the day with some cloud and rain squalls. If you just hang out on the beach and follow the island rhythm, you’ll get your moments of good winds. The conditions are generally pretty easy in this part of the island. The spots are spread out on a stretch of a few hundred metres, with generally a sandy beach on the inside, bump and jump conditions between beach and the reef, while some nice waves break on the outside. I can’t imagine much better places to go with a family. Some days the wind is strongest early in the morning, so you can sail out at 6am for a nice two hours pre-breakfast session and still have the whole day for anything your loved ones are up to.
The following day we picked up Mae from the Airport – a windsurfing beauty we met on Guadeloupe the year before – and then shot the 2017 summer collection at some of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever seen. Bottom Bay and Foul Bay are definitions of the Caribbean dream. We discovered the island in the next few days and took a pretty fun surf session in the world famous surfing break ‘soup bowl’ in Bathsheba. Even Kelly Slater comes over from time to time to ride this perfect right hand tube in a good swell. With the normal trade winds, it’s slightly onshore there, but it was still a good wall to ride with just a handful of relaxed locals. Driving from A to B generally doesn’t take long on Barbados. The island is about 34km long and 23km wide. In a week you can see the best places on the island and still catch plenty of time on the water.