cabarete

Vela Cabarete Staff

	JENS "El Jefe" Top dog, ringmaster, da boss…. You get the picture!!!
	NAIYENI Office Manager Taking care of the administration and office tasks and always eager to help make your experience run smoothly!
	ALEX Windsurf Instructor With a wealth of experience gained over many years at his usual post in Vela Margarita, Alex knows all the tips and tricks to advance your windsurfing no matter what your level.
	BERNAT Windsurf Instructor and IRONMAN ! That speaks by itself ... respect !
	RAFA Windsurf Instructor Not only an amazing windsurfer, Rafa will bring your inner windsurfer out and teach you the basics to master the skills of windsurfing, even if you want to learn to nail some freestyle tricks. Surfer and paddle boarder, Rafa can bring you along his morning surfing sessions or teach you paddle boarding in Cabarete Bay, right in front of Vela.
	NORMAN Windsurf Instructor Norman is with us at Vela, for his second winter, same than Rafa. He's really patient and is dedicated to providing a fun learning experience to all his students. Norman is a great fan of SUP boarding and is looking forward to see you in the waves of Cabarete!!
	CARMEN Bar Staff Serving you right… all day long!
	MATARATA Pest Control "But we didn’t see any signs of rats or mice during our stay"?? Exactly!!!.
	AUDREY Kite School Manager ~ Professionnale Water Sports & Fitness Athlete: Audrey is the ICON of the Dare2fly/ Vela Kitesurf. She has been running the Dare2Fly Center with her love and passion for kiteboarding for over 11 years now. Ranked 5th out of the top female kiteboarders in the world in 2008 and crowned "Master of the Ocean 2010 & 2011 female categorie, the only kitesurf, windsurf and surf event. She can take you all the way to throwing handle passes and nailing a whole host of tricks. She is also a fitness trainer and is teaching the increasingly popular Yoga4SUP (yoga on the SUP boards). Check it out!
	OLI IKO Dare2fly Head Instructor Oli has been with Dare2fly for 3 years now and has became the head instructor and helping Audrey managing the school when she is away. His passion has now become his career. He is dedicated to providing a fun learning experience to all students, with a strong focus on safety. He really enjoyes giving back to the sport as an instructor.
	MARIA IKO Kite Instructor
	SIMON IKO Kite Instructor and State Certificate (BE) for kitesurfing, sailing, windsurfing Simon has been teaching watersports around the world for the past 10 years. Kitesurf, Windsurf, Surfing, anything touching the water is his passion. He will share his experience with you in and out of the water.
	KRISTI IKO Kite Instructor Kristi has been an IKO instructor for 3 years now. She has spent the summers teachingkiteboarding in her homespot in Estonia and has spent the winters in Philippines, Greece and Egypt. Kristi loves to bring new people to kiteboarding , especially girls and even more loves kiteboarding herself. Cabarete is her favorite spot, because of the amazing waves and tropical weather here.
	MARKO IKO Kite Instructor Marko has been an IKO instructor for 3 years now. He loves to teach kitebaording and his highest pride is to see someone doing his/her first ride. Marko has gathered experiencies by working in different kiteschools in Egypt, Greece, Philippines and Estonia. Marko is able to teach in Estonian, English and Russian.
	GLEN IKO Kite Instructor Glen spends his winters teaching skiing in Whistler, and enjoys spending his summer teaching his other passion: kiteboarding, with us in Cabarete. You will love his vibe and style of teaching which is really nice, smooth, and always based on safety, of course.
	NINO Beach helper and Kite Instructor Nino will make sure your equipment is well set up before going in the water. Nino goes to evening school after work to improve his English. He'll be super-happy to practice his English while helping you to get up on the board.
	CHICHI Beach helper and kite instructor You can watch Chicgi doing all those amazing kite tricks shown in all the kiteboarding magazines. He is one of the best local dominican kitesurfers. He will always be here for you if you need any help on the beach or on the water. We are training him to become an instructor and has already taught couple happy students!
	JOSE Beach helper Jose, "speedy Gonzales". He is able to foresee everything before it has happened. He will help you to really realise you are on holiday, not having to do anything beside kitesurfing of course. Landing, launching a kite, setting up your lines, he will be glad to help you with all those things.