ibiza tribes

Luke C

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Just got from my 3rd visit this year to Ibiza, the place never ceases to amaze me and I find myself more and more drawn to the great white isle. Each year there seems to be different breeds of visitors but the variety is what makes Ibiza so great.

Heres my slant on the various English tribes that visit the island (Tongue in cheek view of course)

Toni and Guy’s – the latest breed, all with their low slung baggy jeans revealing their designer underwear, black or white vest tops are a must as are the flip flops, shark fin style haircut and the latest fashion white or gold rim police sunglasses which they wear day and night.. They spend most of their time trying to outcool each other sunbathing with their jeans on. There in Ibiza because its fashionable to do so and pretend to know the clubs and music scene inside out. When in the UK they can be found checking out the latest in G Star or Evisu fashion, they tend to live south of manchester, but the species have also been know to live in Leeds

Beer Boys – Im sure weve all come across these lot, number hair cuts, kswiss trainers and check navy short by day (with nor tops) and sometimes dressed the same by night, although they tend to vary to the occasional pastel pink polo shirt or anything with horizontal stripes by henri lloyd or fred perry. Generally a nice bunch, always getting pixxed in the west end, causing trouble and shouting abuse at anything in a skirt. Generally they go to Ibiza as they have seen Ibiza uncovered on the TV and think the whole island is like that, there age can vary from 17 right up to 35. At home they spend most of their time down the local city centre causing havoc, eating kebabs and chucking up, not to mention causing fights with the police

The music man – These guys are a bit more varied and sometimes a little more difficult to spot, see them trawling through the vinyl in the music shops, not posers or pixx heads but think they are part of the ‘in the know’ crowd and know where all the cool bars are. You wont find them at Eden, Esparadis or even in San Antonio as its not cool enough but will be frequent visitors of Space, DC10, Bora bora, Salinas. Don’t mention anything mainstream to these guys (especially DJ sammy) as there noses are far to up their own arses. These guys think they own the island and if it weren’t for them Ibiza wouldn’t exist. When they arnt in ibiza they can be found frequenting ibiza forums spouting their superior knowledge of ibiza and the cool music scene

Geeks – There seems to be a lot of this type lately, no fashion sense, kind of ugly (both male and female), clueless about the island and have only ever been to san Antonio. Tend to be seen in couples, male is tall, gangly, glasses with a mop hair cut and the partner is always fat with short skirts and dolly dimple high heels. They go to Ibiza because their mum thinks it’s a nice place. When not in ibiza, these guys spend most of their time on their playstations and frequenting virgin megastore checking out the latest chart compilations

Mr Family man – The bread and butter of the island, always looking stressed, towing round the screaming kids in push chairs laden with lilos, bags and the mrs. Will always find them in San Antonio bay where they congregate in groups around the many tacky bull bar parks drinking two for one beers whilst never speaking to the wife who constantly runs around shouting at the kids. They’ve never heard of Ibiza town or the sunset strip and think the bay represents everything Ibiza stands for. This breed is often seen floating around Ikea on a saturday afternoon or in Tescos doing the weekly shop, otherwise they will be washing the car on a sunday afternoon after mowing the lawn

Joe Average – Kind of a mixture of the above, neither fashionable nor geekish, will sample the likes of the sunset strip and may even venture to some of the clubs the rep recommends. These lads never seem to score and sit sullen faced either on the beach with the socks and trainers on and don’t like to be in the thick of it or the centre of attention. They never get upto anything wild and will send post cards home to their mums saying wish you were here.

Of course if we included the other nationalities the list would go on:...

Hippies of all nationalities in their loon pants, goatee beards, only come out at night
Muscley Italien and spanish straght gay look a likes, who only wear lycra tops that are too small for them, they never smile and wouldnt go amiss in the gay quarter of ibiza town.
Gay community, very fashionable, pleasant and probably the nicest tribe in ibiza overall

Anyone care to add any other categories:lol:
 
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Brazilian tribes in Ibiza

well, there aren't as many Brazilians in Ibiza as there are other nationalities, but I could easily spot some of the different groups there:

gogo-dancers - Normally, they are illegal immigrants somewhere in Europe. They look fierce, both men and women, but speak very badly english, speak very badly any other language they try. They try to get around with spanish, which they think it's so easy because they can speak portuguese. Only that they cannot even speak proper portuguese. They'll treat you with absolute intimacy, specially if they think you're loaded with cash and they can take some advantage out of it. No moral issues on trading sexual favors for a drink or two in a club.

hookers - Brazilian number 1 export product. They also look perfect, body and face, and they can be seen in Pacha or El Divino. They'll let you know on the first contact you make with them that they're there strictly for 'business reasons'. They have no real accomodations in the island, but somehow whenever you meet them again, you get invited to some fancy private party in a astonishing villa of their new best friend they met the night before. When lucky, they get a fancy marriage and move to some castle in Germany.

the disco mafia - somehow, one of the best nights in Ibiza is produced by a Brazilian guy (La Troya) and he has a Brazilian crew. Very nice and professional people, who don't come either from Sao Paulo or Rio. They're very professional and fun and when they meet any brazilian who isn't on any of the categories listed above, they give you free-passes, free drinks, access to the gogo dancers dressing room, free t-shirts, whatever. It's the best crowd to know in the island.

gay guys - very easily seen in the 1st two weeks of August. Basically this group is divided in two other: brazilian gay guys living in Brazil and those living in Europe. The first group is that of those gay guys who can make a decent living in Brazil and still can afford to take holidays in Ibiza on the highest of high season. The second group is that of the male prostitutes spread throughout Europe and they are so tired of having to f*ck their lousy old fat whitey customers, that they come to Ibiza to spend their euros, pounds, swiss francs in designer clothes and partying like animals. They're also interested in sexual intercourse with the first group, just for the fun of it. They miss the Brazilian taste...

the jet setter - this isn't a proper group but a kind of visitor that goes to the island. They love Ibiza because they can show off all the money they have, which is impossible to do in Brazilian major cities without being kidnapped or stolen. They hate meeting other Brazilians because they don't want to be identified with either the gogo-dancer or the hookers. Quite snobish, but once they know you don't belong to either gogo-dancer or hookers group they are as nice as the disco mafia.

That's pretty much what i've seen there, let's hear others about their country nationals.
 
yeah pretty much spot on :lol: ...May have been cause of Ibiza Rocks, but I noticed quite a lot of Indie folks/kids about, but I suppose they come under Tony and Guys with their Jeans barely covering the top of their socks...
 
....and what about the Action man/ steroid crew?!?!
"Can't move too much due to immense bulk, and fear of looking like they're actually letting their hair down!"
 
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