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The kiting wonders of the world

El Coche - Venezuela (Cheap and Epic)
8
6%
New Caledonia - French (windy and idyllic)
3
2%
Los Roques - Venezuela (flat water special)
7
5%
Cumbuco and surrounds - Brazil (sand dune heaven)
27
19%
Puclaro - Chile (wind 365 days of the year)
3
2%
Tarifa - Spain (popular and nuclear)
9
6%
Dahkla - Morrocco (Desert lagoon heaven)
7
5%
Western Australia (A Windy Wild Wonderland)
7
5%
Cape Town - S. Africa (Waves, Wind and what a view)
13
9%
Cape Verde (Remote, Waves and Sharky)
4
3%
Cabarete - Dom Republic (Caribe Classics)
6
4%
Corpus Christi - USA (Stateside haven)
5
3%
Maui - USA (nuclear wind, but the backdrop?)
10
7%
El Gouna - Egypt (family friendly kiters dream)
2
1%
Boracay - Philipines (Asia´s finest)
3
2%
Oneye - Mauritius (Exotic and Epic)
8
6%
Paros - Greece (A world wonder?)
3
2%
Yorkey´s Nob - Australia (all here flats, waves, wind)
2
1%
Cape Hatteras - North Carolina USA
17
12%
 
Total votes: 144

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Postby Kite Adventures » Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:22 am

wow, all my favs..
Brazil, Venezuela, Greece... but you're missing one: Mui Ne Bay Vietnam... Epic as well

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Postby ian c » Thu Mar 29, 2007 10:41 am

Maybe Brazil becomes the new crowded place

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Postby Kite Adventures » Thu Mar 29, 2007 5:01 pm

couldn't happen, everyone thinks this.. Maybe in Cumbuco or Paracuru, but there are hundreds of miles of beaches without ANY kiters!

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Postby Camo » Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:25 am

No Idea wrote:Yorkey's Knob - Australia. You are kidding aren't you. Inconsistant winds, brown muddy water, no waves (1 foot slop at best) and no real flat water to speak of. There are alot better places to kite in north Queensland than Yorkey's Knob.
Come on No Idea you are just trying to talk people out of comin so the place doesn't get to crowded.

You forgot to mention the flying 3 meter crocodiles that come into houses and steal babies and the jellyfish with a sting that can kill you through a stinger suit. :thumb:

But seriously folks it is crap here do not come.

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Postby Nak » Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:17 am

There are many great places to ride throughout the world. That said, any list of the "7 Kiting Wonders of the World" has to include The Gorge. Seriously. Where else does a 220 pound rider NEED a 7m in their quiver? :D Too much wind? :wink: Within a 1.5 hour drive there's access to flat water riding or hundreds of miles of Ocean beach...

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Postby ian c » Fri Mar 30, 2007 9:53 am

Talking about sick as slick mirror flat waist deep sandy lagoons - not beaches

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Postby Toby » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:19 am

there are still tons of lagoons if you travel up the coast. Of course, Cumbuco and Taiba are packed. But you just need to come before or after November...

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Postby kitegrommet » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:20 pm

To ALL:

For all the "old school" windsurfers turned kiters, and to all the product testers of the years and to the owners of SlingShot, Windwing, distributors of North, Naish, and sometimes RRD

Where are you in the SUMMER.

Two Words.

The Gorge!!!!

And it's not on the list?

I don't even have to describe the place, the name just rings out, Gorge!!!

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Postby tulumkite » Tue Apr 03, 2007 5:20 pm

TULUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Postby druncan » Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:39 am

Hannay wrote:Tiree Scotland
Agree totally, but there again i'm a bit biased as we live here :D :thumb:


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