SUP YOGA RETREAT
From January 31st – February 5th Big Blue will be co-hosting our first SUP YOGA RETREAT, led by Jana of Ananda Yoga. Price per person $1442.50 (prebook $1342.50) not inc. flights. The week includes:
• 5-night accommodation in beach front villa
• 2x healthy meals per day (breakfast and dinner)
• 2x SUP Yoga classes per day
• 1x daily meditation
• 1x Sunset Sailing excursion
• Beach Yoga
• Kayaking
Optional extras include:
Reiki Energy Healing
Thai Body Massage
Kite boarding lessons
Snorkeling
…and more
Contact: info@anandayoga.us and 978-361-5394
SUP YOGA RETREAT JAN/ FEB 2013
KALAMA KAMP
After and long and hot summer our season kicked off with the hugely successful Kalama Kamp 2012. 5 paddlers were joined by world renowned Big Wave surfer, Dave Kalama, John Denney and Big Blue guides, Philip and Ray. Our plans for epic down winders and backcountry SUP safaris were scuppered by a week of awesome waves. Dave’s focus on technique was tuned on the waves and our new paddlers sought to catch their first waves ever. Needless to say it was an epic week. Dave and Philip have already decided to organise Kalama Kamp 3 for October 2013. Stay tuned. It is so worth it.
Kalama Kamp Turks and Caicos 2012
CORE FUSION FITNESS SUP
Days later the Exhale Core instructors, Elisabeth Halfpapp and Fred DeVito brought down there crew and worked their cores in the winds of a tropical storm. Led by Mark and Ray who managed to find some protected flat water the Core Fusion group displayed their strength, balance and flexibility.
EXHALE CORE/ SUP RETREAT 2012
We had an amazing and productive day exploring new territory in the wild wetlands of North Caicos on Tuesday. Big Blue’s local kite phenom Hope Le Vin is back from the UK celebrating her graduation with friends and was up for an adventure. Tuesday’s tides were ideal so we set off just before lunch with a full complement of kayaks strapped to the sides and roof of the boat. We had planned a trip into a previously unexplored area and we were keen to connect as many of the main channels as possible. That we did and more, and further than anticipated. After approximately 3-hours of paddling down countless mangrove channels, dead-ends and long meandering detours we completed a 4-mile loop through the mangrove labyrinth Good job girls, what a great day.
Brendan shares an epic downwinder with guides Wes and Philip.
Wes edits bits and pieces of Big Blue life into a great little skit!
BIG BLUE KITEBOARDING DOWNWINDER
Check out the great little video, shot by Clay on his GoPro, while diving with Lynn at West Caicos.
west caicos manta ray
A last minute booking by John Bingham and crew got them a couple of great days of diving with team Big Blue, Lynn and Dave and guest what….they saw 2 mantas as well as plenty sharks and turtles! Not bad for trying your luck to see if we had any space on the boats.
The boys U11 team from the Turks and Caicos ‘Footballing School of Excellence’ has been coached by the dedicated and experienced Philip Shearer, captain of TCI mens Team and of Big Blue Unlimited for the past 2/3 years. The team played their last game of the season against a much larger and stronger National U14 Girls Team on June 29th. Some truly inspirational football was witnessed, and the boys, who played a passing a moving game with a footballing maturity beyond their years triumphed an impressive 6 goals to 2. Bring on next season. We can’t wait and are honored to support this talented group of young stars!
In mid-June Big Blue helped organize the end of year camp to South Caicos for grade 6 from the Provo Primary School. The kids received a huge welcome and amazing support from across the small island community. A thoroughly enjoyable time was had by all, especially our own Mark Parrish who joined them for a few days and supervised a raft building adventure to see if the young castaways could escape an deserted island using only what they found on the beach. They did, although we wouldn’t fancy paddling all the way back to Provo!!
A pod of 6 dolphins greeted Laura, Brent and guests first thing this morning. The water was mill pond flat, perfect for a day’s diving at French Cay. After their encounter they did their first dive at the stunning site of “double d” with sharks and eagle rays to boot. The second drift dive was off the charts! 2 huge Eagle Rays interacting with each other, followed a few later mintues by a 5ft Nurse Shark. On the way back they found another dolphin. another stellar day with Big Blue in the TCI!
dolphins video – click here
My amazing day on the north shore consisted of just about everything. A mother dolphin and her cute little calf, (which I had seen twice this week already) just outside our office in the Leeward Channel followed by some really great snorkeling at Leeward Reef. I guided a lovely family around and we spotted all kinds of fish and also an octopus and a school of about 20 reef squid. This afternoons charter brought on a reef shark and a hawksbill turtle at Ft George reef. Cant wait to show up for tommorow!!
