I am on a little bit of a holiday through Europe, my plan was some Euro sight-seeing then off to the Canary Islands for some of the Huey-hospitality. This was mostly inspired by Ben Proffitt's "Training Diaries"... as we know, wind can be a little fickle -> so I figure if there is decent sized rental shop, then there is likely to be the possibility of decent wind...

I grabbed a flight over to the island of Tenerife, to a town by the name of El Medano. Seeing the Training Diaries, I went ahead and didn't do any research, so just booked directly with the Diaries sponsor. Turns out that is quite a good idea -> one immediate benefit of a dedicated rental shop is that you can try out anything they have on the floor... I got to test out 5 different brands of sails and 4 different brands of boards - in both cases, I was able to compare similar sized gear from different brands, and similarly the different sized gear from the same brand.

I can definitely recommend the "TWS Windsurf" team... every time I walked through the door, the staff knew my name and were immediately responsive to offering gear to suit the conditions. So... I would sail for say two or three sessions in a day of about 2-3 hrs each. None of the gear was older than about 18 months or so - I even got to first-use some of the 2018 stuff.


I was there for two weeks when I saw the latest Training Diaries episode, so headed of to "Pozo" (aka, Pozo Izquierdo, Gran Canaria). I missed the "big days" from the Diaries, and I am both disappointed and somewhat glad I did [ more on this later ].

So I turn up to Pozo with nothing organised and taking a hint from the Diaries, walk into PozoWinds with my travel bags and thus explain my story. They immediately made me welcome - every one of the staff immediately knew me by name. They then gave some advice on local accommodation and offered to store my bags until I work out where I was staying. Once I had they sorted, I went back and arranged gear hire.

I am in Pozo just under a week, with 3 days of gear hire. I can also recommend PozoWinds... or even just Pozo... it is shed-loads windy, and the folks at shop will help you out.


In both cases, the cost of gear-rental from both shops, I do consider to be good value. You are looking between 30-60 Euro per day, depending on how many days hire.
... so I guess ... that is a plug for the Diaries sponsors....