Ok, I am tired of Winter. Check this place out!

[jatkinson]

read the 2nd link I posted. Talks about wind and has links to hotels etc there.

[vietkiter]

It's $500-$1000 a night... not so easy to get to... you can get the same scenery in the Florida Keys without the 24hr flight time each way.

But the Maldives are truely beautiful...

[consumer]

dude you can shack me up alone with the horniest of reef girls in that place, but i still wouldnt have a good time unless it was windy.



what the f*** am i saying i would probably have the greatest time of my life.

[Cal]

Didn't the Maldives take a big hit from the tsunami that wrecked Sumatra, etc?

Yes they did, at one stage over half the land mass was still under water, as the islands are extremely low lying... I would be very suprised if this place still looks like this, or even exists right now

[bigbay]

I would go to Mauritis instead..
They are close enough.
Mauritis was one ofthe locations in the last Stance DVD #3.

Check out http://www.ikiteboarding.com for further info.

[Toby]

it's the Maldives, one of many resorts.

Some are a bit destroyed at the moment due to the Tsunami.

Find some more here: http://www.kitebeaches.com

Wind is not that good, but if, it is very constant and an awesome place to ride.
Maldives are generally very cheap, but you can get good deals as well (1000 Euro for up to 2 weeks). But drinks are very expensive! Although it is based on dollars, which is good for the Euros.

Normally best winds are from Dec to April. before and after you have the rainy season. I went there as my first kite holiday (LTU Villa Sun Island) and got very lucky: 9,5 days out of 12 days I had wind. It was beautiful and I learned my first 360!

On "Kuredu" you will find a kite center.

Greets
Toby

[MadMick]

Wow, looks inexpensive.

PKA

I doubt it, PKA....

At least it would be easy to convince my wife to travel there rather than Baja.

I,m prety sure PKA was being sarcastic !!

[Bengan]

Hello,

Maldives, yes.... Well I lived there for 10 years... Why did I move to Egypt???

The truth is that there is not much wind in the Maldives, I could only guarantee windy days if you were to come in December to Mid February...

Mmarch and November are normally windless. Totally calm and very frustrating.

However, if you hit the right time, the kiting is great. I was there for a short visit in Jan and had some fantastic days on a 10, super constant. There are no obstructions or anything around to create turbulence.

Kuredu Island is the best for Kiting, http://www.kuredu.com and http://www.h2o-world.net

Bengan

[tahitian coconut]

For me it will be Moorea - Tahiti : http://www.flysurf.com/frontblocks/news ... ANGUAGES=1





Beautiful place, friendly people, great food, and ALWAYS WINDY !!!