Nachdem mein letzter Kite-Trip ein ziemliches Desaster war, habe ich diese Woche einen neuen Anlauf gewagt. Bisher ist er diesem Motto treu geblieben: Besser als erwartet, schlechter als erhofft. Montag, SPO Recht weit im Norden, zwischen FKK- und Hundestrand. Viel zu kalter Wind für Ende Juni, obwohl ich erst mittags ans Meer komme. Aber immerhin …
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Zanzibar Kite & Surf [en]
The plan for the second half of my Tanzania trip was to go to Zanzibar and do some kite surfing and surfing. Or, let me be less ambiguous and use the more unwieldy term “wave surfing” for the latter. I had almost a month of time for getting as much as possible of both. In …
Kite Kigamboni [en]
I’ve brought my kite equipment to Tanzania, so I can do some kiting over on Zanzibar in a couple of weeks. Originally I didn’t plan to kite on the mainland. But when visiting the beach in Kigamboni, I was happy to realize that it was somewhat windy. I didn’t see any other kiters or wind …
The weather in Tunisia [en]
So I’ve spent waiting for wind on the island of Djerba, Tunisia, for almost one week to no avail. (With one exception yesterday, that is, when I finally got the opportunity to go kite-surfing. For about 30 mins.) All forecasts for today looked equally bleak: around 5 knots in the early morning, afterwards nothing for …
Turbo!!! [en]
Here’s some footage of our recent kite-trip to the Netherlands: The extra Step (electrical motion!) from David Kullack on Vimeo. … well, all the action shots feature Tobi or Ranja – I guess I still need to practice a lot;)
Tobi’s Season-Edit [en]
Tobi was mentioned here before, and now he’s just published his season-edit for 2012: Check it out! You’ll be amazed how many sports he’s skilled at! Other folks don’t even have that kind of action on their X-Box. Of course Tobi’s been focusing on skiing for a long time. So check out that part (roughly …
Von Lissabon nach Tarifa [en]
Hier nun endlich ein kleiner Reisebericht über meinen letzten Urlaub, auf der iberischen Halbinsel. Nach einem Flug nach Faro (Portugal) waren wir 3 Wochen lang zu zweit im Mietwagen unterwegs. Wir fuhren direkt hoch in die Gegend von Lissabon, um dann langsam die Küste entlang zu reisen, bis nach Tarifa (Spanien.) Sintra Unsere ersten Urlaubstage …