Dreaming is necessary by: Surfing Village

Everything we see surrounding us today, in our cosmopolitan lives, has something in common. It all started with a dream, with an idea. From there, it was created, developed and built.

A dream that most people have already had, is to be able to wake up in a paradise island, surrounded by nature, with no set appointments, no pollution, no violence, stress, traffic jams, banks, or politicians.
We add to this dream perfect waves, breaking right in front of your window and many others around, of the most varied kinds, lefts, rights, tubes, walls, long, short, fast, slow, killers, hot dogs…..

Since we are dreaming anyway, why don’t we completely delete the crowds?

Believe it or not this IS reality. It is my reality and the reality of my friend and business partner Paulo.
As everything else in human history, this reality started off with a dream.
Making a dream come true may not be easy, but it is not impossible, and it sure is worth it!

Today, June 29th of 2009, late afternoon, just me and Paulo in the water, perfect 6 foot barrels rolling, empty, spitting nervous sprays at each section of reef, with a texture that is more like oil than water, so glassy the conditions.
We share only the best waves of each set, with our photographer in the water and our video maker on the beach.
We talk in ecstasy about how incredible life is. Exactly three years ago we didn’t even knew each other! Who would have guessed!

It’s a crazy life. So much has happened, while at the same time it feels like only yesterday, so much happiness, sadness, barrels and wipeouts.
Today when we look at the beach it is indescribable, the pride and emotion of seeing the imposing pyramids that make up the Surfing Village, that we build with our own hands, one by one, wood by wood, with a lot of sweat and blood. Who would think that an unpretentious dream of two crazy guys, would become what it is today, in so little time.

The original idea was to welcome friends to surf the fantastic right-hander, with no fuss.

Ended up that the Surfing Village wasn’t reliant only on the fantastic right-hander, we found out we were surrounded by more than 20 incredibly perfect waves.

We don’t eat rice with coconut milk and chilly and sleep on old skanky mattresses with our wet towels as pillows anymore. We eat banquets, prepared by the Chef Glen, sleep on nice spring mattresses with comfortable pillows and clean white cotton sheets. Not to mention the cold beer, the fast wireless satellite internet, the TV with Home Theater and dozens of satellite channels, the pool table, the different hang out areas, the toilet (with views of the barrels) with toilet paper and flush, the sinks with tap water, the hot showers, etc… All this in less than 3 years.

The one thing that hasn’t changed is the focus of why we are here, and we want to make sure that we make it clear for all who wish to dream wide awake with us here in this paradise.
SURF. RESPECT. FRIENDSHIP. CAMARADERY. ROOTS. PEACE. LOVE.

All the rest is mere details, fussiness. The important things are the barrels and the friendship generated by them.

Yahowu’u