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Oct
08
Filed Under (Windsurf) by mmilhazes on 08-10-2009

Hi

Last weekend i had the opportunity to go to a new spot with my friends Rui and Carlos.

 

To get to this spot i need a 2 hour drive through amazing views going up and down some big mountains in north of Portugal.

 

This spot is called “Barragem do Alto do Rabagão” (it a man made dam) and is situated near a village called Montalegre in the interior north.

 

It’s a fantastic place very uncrowded, only three of us in the water windsurfing in a 13 to 16 knot breeze using 7 a 8 meters sails and big boards.

 

The wind here is good when it comes from south with no currents….so you can play as much as you want without getting being afraid to go downwind and not returning to your leaving point if the wind goes down.

 

We can do a 2Km track to reach the other side when the wind is from north or south….if the wind comes from west or east you can do a 8km track….ufff….

 

Some pictures below…..I’ll be back for sure…

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 Rui Cruz

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