Hooked Cabarete

The Butterfly Effect

More then 50 local and visiting women gathered on the beach of Cabarete to go on a 4km downwind ride from Cabarete Bay to Playa Encuentro.The women participated in windsurfing, kite surfing, stand-up paddling, and kayaking. The event included a beach cleanup, safety and stretching sessions, as well as food and gear from local sponsors. All of Cabarete and many from Santiago and Santo Domingo came out to pack the house at the Nikki Beach Cabarete after party. A raffle and silent auction was held and the Butterfly Effect Dominican Republic surpassed last year’s efforts 10 fold raising $2500.00 USD for The DREAM Project!

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Cabarete Night life

Some big thing was going down last weekend here in Cabarete. The Millenium party together with the Nikki Beach opening was a pretty amazing event for everyone who was pleased to be there.For those who haven´t heared about it, Nikki Beach is a party chain with clubs in Marbella, St. Tropez, Miami, some other hot spots and now as well in Cabarete. Nikki Beach presents great club music in a stylish atmosphere leading Cabarete´s already famous party scene to a new level. For the opening party even Sir Richard Branson, the owner of Virgin, was flying in to celebrate with us. Come and check it out yourself!

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Cabarete Kiteboarding World Cup 2010

From June 16-20, Cabarete was once again the host for the Kiteboarding World Cup. Beautiful caribbean weather and good consistent wind made sure that we could see an amazing event full of action. More than 20 nationalities made their way to Cabarete to test their skills against the world’s best kiteboarders and agains some of the very good local riders.

The two „Dutchies“ Kevin Langree and Youri Zoon showed amazing action and technical tricks but in the end local hero Ariel Cornel could win the event in an exciting final vs. Kevin Langree. Ariel nearly landed all his tricks, had a bit more power and execution in his tricks then Kevin and could claim the title. A large crowd of Dominican’s rushed to greet Corniel on the beach, lifting him in the air, carrying him like a king. Corniel is the second professional rider to ever win a second title here in Cabarete, once in 2007 and 2010. Congratualtions!!

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Russian Wave - Surf festival

From May 4th – 14th the Russian championships in surfing took place her in Cabarete at Playa Encuentro. More then 20 surfers in the disciplines short & long board were competing against each other to crown the Russian champion. The event was accompanied by several parties, music and people could join kite & surf courses. Thanks for the nice event guys!

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27 Waterfalls of Damajagua

May 6th - Together with some of our guests we went on a day trip to the 27 waterfalls of Damajagua. We left early in the morning to be the first group hiking up the mountain towards the waterfalls. After crossing the beautiful river we hiked through the forest until we reached the first spectacular waterfall. Our funny guide Chichi was in his best mood and excited to show us every detail of his daily route. With a mix of climbing, sliding, jumping and swimming through all the 27 waterfalls we reached the top and enjoyed a little break in the sun. Chichi was going crazy and taking the biggest jumps on the way down and of course some of us followed-). Big thanks to our guide. He was really special and we all had an amazing trip!

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Life music @ Cabarete

Soulibre is a reaggeband formed by young talented dominican musicans who live and go to school in the area of Cabarete. Last friday they played again in front of Cabaha bar / Pomodoro @ Cabarete beach and created a great vibe in that beautiful atmosphere. We are blessed to be part of those special music events here in Cabarete and we really enjoyed that night. The next life show from Soulibre will be Mai 15th at Bliss in Cabarete.

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Time for some maintenance

After a great and busy high season its time for some maintenance here at Hooked. Together with our handy gardener Carlos we started painting apartments and fixing some little things to be ready for the next busy periode. Our beautiful tropical garden gets greener and greener and the palm tress are growing fast. We are looking forward to a great windy season and lots of nice visitors-).