
The Magic of Madeira
An article in Endless Vacation Magazine by Christine Ajudua
Recently we came on an article in the Endless Vacation Magazine made by Christine Ajudua. It’s an honor to be a part of it even more when the title is “The Magic of Madeira”.
“Not far away is Porto da Cruz, a tiny cobblestoned village whose black-sand Praia da Lagoa is known for its surf breaks. You can learn how to hang ten with Salty (Rua da Praia; 011-351-967-107-792; lessons, from $53), a just-launched water-sports school from seven-time Madeira surfing champion Belmiro Mendes; he’s even taught his pet dogs to ride the waves. And if it’s not too windy, consider a walk along the barren basalt cliffs to Ponta de São Lourenço, Madeira’s dramatic easternmost tip, a nature reserve where you can see rare monk seals and take in clear views of Porto Santo, Madeira’s little sister, to the northeast.” – Christine Ajudua in Endless Vacation Magazine. (you can look at the hole article by click in here)
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Salty Madeira: Surf trip to Indonesia
Surf trip to Indonesia…
Enjoy some pictures 😉
What to say about the Indonesia surf trip?
I think it all started with a little project call Salty – Madeira Water Activities, a dream of passing to others the joy and the impact that the ocean had in all my life.
Thanks to Salty and everyone that join our Surf, SUP and Bodyboard school… with all of you i could manage to travel on my dream trip to Indonesia!
“It all started with long hours in airoports and planes, Emirates make it feel confortable and fast! Arrived to Jakarta direct to the hotel and I had my very first Bintang with my friend João Mealha.
Next day Padang were we meet the hole crew and the captain Gonçalo Ruivo, i was pumped to start the action on the next day on board of Melaleuca.
It was 11 days surfing here and there all over the dream land Mentawai, surfed lot of waves during the boat trip but one just got to the hole crew as the best of it. We surfed Greenbush all by ourselves. Two hours of overhead waves and good vibes made it the surf of the trip!
Second round was on Lancers Right for 8 days in a 10 steps walk to the water and a 2 minutes paddle to the peak. It was magic!
Surfed HT’S everyday and even got a walk across the rain forest to King Fisher camp on Lancer’s left for a good surf session with Aiken aka Supersonic and Couto. The road there was something out of a Nathional Geografic mag, the local comunity that we met along the road were so simple and beautiful that i felt at home!
On the end 3.30h of boat to catch the fast ferry on another 3h back to Padang. Next day a 37 h trip back to Madeira Island.
It was an amazing trip, surf everyday and made new friends. Gonçalo “the Captain”; João Mealha “Borboleta”; Miguel Fortes; Filipe; Angelo “Supersonic”; Henrique “pescador”; Mouzinho “the coutch”; João Mendonça “boquinha de ouro”; Tomás Couto; Manu “zuca”. Thanks you guys for all, the time and the knowledge that you shared with me!
Special thanks to my girlfriend that make it all possible everyday!
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Stand up Paddle tour in Madeira Island – Testimonial
Stand up Paddle Tours in Madeira Islands – Testimonial
We feel happy to share with you a testimonial from our “clients” now our friends Peter an Simone about their experience during a stand up paddle tour in the bay of the Câmara de Lobos in Madeira Island.
Join our SUP classes in our Stand Up Paddle School by Salty – Madeira Water Activities.
“In the Realm of the Senses
First! Think about your Job, Stress, Emails, rainy and cold weather and what ever you do at home.
And then…., can you remember your last trip to Madeira, when the airplane arrives Funchal Airport, through the doors reaches you warm and tropical air, 27 degrees, the darkblue ocean is in front of you, the sun burns down. Can you remember this time??? Can you feel now this Paradies?
We can, our last trip was in September this year, one of now over 10 stays at this wonderful island. This year we had the wish to spend more time at the water, first time on a board, on a SuP Board. Hey and everybody of our friends says us before: “You are to old, you are freaky, you are crazy, in your age is SuP not the sport which you should prefere”.
But my wife and I has our own idea for that. Claudia, the owner of Lobosonda gave us the contact of Belmiro from Salty.
2 days later: What a day! We met a couple with a lot of inspired ideas, we spent an amazing time on the boards. Remember: you are on the board, sunny weather, small waves outside and two teachers with a burning fire in their eyes.
Belmiro and Sara have such a lot of passion in their job, so we think this was the best idea which we had in our holidays.
Go out surfing, go out with the SuP Board, dive with the fishes or go out with a Bodyboard, but do it with Salty, do it with Belmiro Mendes and Sara Abreu.
Have fun after the tour and drink Poncha, Fishermen Poncha, not the Tourist Poncha with Honey! It must be the pure one!
And I’m sure, when we back next year, we will spend once more a lot of time with Salty.
Let’s get Salty! “Stand up Paddle Tours in Madeira Islands – Testimonial”
Peter and Simone
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Madeira Bodyboard Lesson – Salty Madeira Water Activities
It really fells good to hear a review from your clients. Nadine and Oscar, join our bodyboard lesson in Machico when they were in holidays in Madeira Island. We feel glad to share with you there bodyboard experience with Salty-Madeira Water Activities.
Let’s get Salty! 😉 Madeira Bodyboard Lesson
“So far we’ve had an amazing time on Madeira island. Beautiful weather, good food, nice people, great whale watching tour.. only the really fun experience was missing. Good thing we heard about Salty. We didn’t need much time to think about it.. it was time to get Salty!
Early in the morning we got up, the sun only starting to rise and we were already on the road to Porto Cruz, where good waves were to be expected. We got there and after a quick coffee went to check out the beach. Nice little beach and already some people hoping into the waves. Shortly after, Belmiro arrived and welcomed us warmly. He checked the waves and decided to take us to another spot with better waves. He sure knows his business. Only a short drive away is Machico, where a large beach with nice waves was waiting for us.
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Madeira is Gold
Congratulations Madeira Island! We are Gold.
SUP TOURS AND CLASSES
SURF GUIDE AND CLASSES
BODYBOARD GUIDE AND CLASSES
RENTALS
Votes followed an evaluation undertaken mostly by tourism professionals and travel agents located in over 200 countries worldwide. “- in Visit Madeira
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Stand up Paddle in Madeira Island
These are some of the pictures from the landscape that you can see from the sea if you go on a Stand Up Paddle tour with us! This are from Ponta do Sol village to Praia dos Anjos and the way back.
There are so many more beautiful landscapes, so book your tour and get ready to get Salty!
Read MoreSurfing in Madeira Island
If you find yourself in the island and you want to have some water activities such as surf, bodyboard, stand up paddle or snorkelling join us and be a part of Madeira Salty Family.
We guarantee pure fun!
Let’s get Salty!
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Try it yourself
These are the reasons why we work the way we do! Small groups (max. 6pax) that permits us to give you more attention and a quality service.
Here are some reviews:
See it for your self at:
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Read MoreBest Friends
Our mascots – Chico and Gui always having fun at the beach.
Sometimes you can find them riding a few waves with you. They really love surfing.
Do you wanna meet them?
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Madeira Water Activities
Salty – Madeira Water Activities
SUP TOURS AND CLASSES
SURF GUIDE AND CLASSES
BODYBOARD GUIDE AND CLASSES
RENTALS
Join us and let’s get Salty!
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