Women’s Surf Camps

Enjoy a vacation with your sister.

By Ellen Barone

Is traveling with your sister on vacation a recipe for disaster? It doesn’t have to be as long as you lay down some ground rules first. Here are a few travel-tested truths for keeping peace in the sister hood.
1) Leave the baggage at home: Sibling relationships can be fraught with the peril of childhood roles, divergent interests and unspoken resentments. So, no matter if you’re the big sis used to being in charge or the baby accustomed to being indulged, leave the birth-order baggage at home.
2) Privatize: Allow for private time in your itinerary.
3) Get thee to chocolate: If you start to get snarky, or she does, take two chocolates and another in the morning. If symptoms escalate, wine is also recommended.
4) Play well with others. Say please and thank you a lot. Show respect, admit your mistakes and never be a tattletale.
5) Money, money, money. Be sure to discuss in advance your expectations for sharing costs, the level of accommodation or how paying for meals is to be handled.

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Surfing wouldn’t be surfing without the wipe-outs. Everyone does it from a never-ever surfer to a pro, but who does it with style and grace? Check out some of our guests and their best wipe-outs of 2010.

Flying!

Nancy from Texas almost pulls this off.

Kim takes a well deserved bow after her wipe-out.

Load Her UP

Got Boards?

The amount of ‘stuff’ we haul over to our retreats always amuses and amazes me. I thought it would be fun to post a picture for you to see. This is just one out of the three vehicles that we use to transport our gear.

SwellWomen all around!~

In case you didn’t already know…we posted our 2011 SwellWomen dates! We are offering SwellCo-ed retreats as custom retreats with dates available year around. Contact us if you would like to come to SwellCo-ed with your significant other. Hope to see you in 2011.

• May 22nd-May 28th
• May 29th-June 4th
• June 19th-25th
• June 26th-July 2nd
• August 7th-13th
• August 14th-20th
• August 21st-27th

What a great summer it has been at SwellWomen! Check out some surf photo’s from our Women’s Surf Camp in Maui.

Future Swell Woman

Always with a smile on her face!

Mary, mother of 3, enjoying some surf in Maui.

We didn’t want to leave out these pictures from our August 15th Women’s Surf Camps.

Mahalo and Hui Hou to all our 2010 SwellWomen Guests!

Katherine, Me-Shell and Summer.

Las Tres Hermanas

Leyla, Azalia and Michelle enjoying breakfast.

Heading down for another gorgeous Maui sunset.

We love Gina!

Alumni Stephanie, Brenda and Deepa.

Ommmmmm.....

Mike and Stephanie greet the day!

The lovely Kim and Jennifer.

Our surf retreats are about wellness too! This week our August 15th guests were treated to a beautiful Maui sunset while practicing some long and deep in and out breaths. We take these nice and calming breaths into the water while surfing.

Enjoy the Maui Sunset!

Thanks Maui for a wonderful day!

Just another day in paradise...

Instead of Monday’s Menu this week, take a look at our private chef services during our Swell Weeks. Thanks August 15th guests for your props about Chef Phill’s yummy cuisine.

Chef Phill and Right Hand Angel Jason Roberts. We LOVE these guys!

Pamala and Kristy enjoying a pre-surf breakfast.

Indian Food Night.

Yummy!

Elizabeth and Brenda...big smiles.

Breakfast time and then out the door to surf.

Opening Night's Menu Fresh Fish anyone?

Chef Phill's Famous Pinapple Luau Dessert!

Dinner outdoors with candles and twinkle lights!

This week we had three sisters; Jen, Carolyn and Pamela join us for surf and yoga.  Las Tres Hermanas were absolutely fun to have at our retreats. It was a treat to see these ladies enjoy themselves with our group and take time to have some sister quality time. Thanks for all the great talks and belly laughs.

Jen, Pamala and Carolyn getting ready for their first day surfing. They ripped!

Las Tres Hermanas showing us how it's done with a JUICY cobra pose.