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Published: July 11th 2005
Tarifa
ShishkabobsTarifa! Wind surfing capitol of the world. Nick and I arrived at our hotel, right on the beach in time for the afternoon meal. The resteraunt here is fabulous, and we were ready for a good meal. Note the presentation of shish kabobs here-what fun! After dinner Nick and I immediately investigated kitesurfing and arranged lessons for him for the next day. The beach here is strewn with over turned kites as the owners take a break, and the water is swarming with master kite flyers who make amazing speed and perform crazy tricks on their boards. Most tricks of course are done very close to shore where onlookers can see!
Nick made good progress in his kitesurfing and got up on the board the second day. The first part of the lesson is with a very small kite, learning how to control it in the wind. They move the students on to bigger kites as they manage. Some never seemed to progress from the first kite, and crashed it regularly. It was quite entertaining to watch. Once they learned how to control it on the beach they headed for the water with out the board and did water pulls up
Tarifa
Kite surfers everywhere and down the beach. Nick was so light, and the kite so big he would often get pulled out of the water to his knees. It looked like awesome fun. On the second day for Nick he got to use the board and managed to get up and going. The third day he rented a kite and kept at it . Learning is hard work as it involves lots of wipe outs, with salt water in the eyes and up the nose...Nick ate like a horse and slept like a log afterwards!
We ended up changing our plans and staying in Tarifa for two extra nights. The town was very fun with a surfer/hippie feel, loaded with good bars and resteraunts. This is a place I would recommend to any young traveller looking to meet others and have some fun in the water. Best to hook up with someone who might teach you how to kitesurf so you save the expense of going through the course- this was very expensive, otherwise I would have liked to have tried it out myself!
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