My top 10 best kitesurf destinations in the world... in my opinion 😄 Subscribe: / @samlight Follow me on Instagram: / samlight1 Thanks for the additional footage: @PatrickWieland @Gleiten TV @DaveAv @AB Visuals
I just started learning how to kite and had no clue that where I live here in Safety Bay Western Australia was one of the best places in the world to kite. Very lucky to have the pound just few minutes away , beautiful beach and consistent wind 🏝️. One day I will go back to Brazil and explore my home country 🤙.
A lot of these places seem unpleasantly crowded to me. Cape Town, the lagoons in Brazil, Hood River, Dhaka ... and many other spots. There's something to be said for the beauty of uncrowded spots.
Yeah! I’m Brazilian and our country have some of the best place in the world for this sport! (My luck) and Cumbuco and Taiba are amazing! Also add to this list Cabo Verde - ilha de sal - near to europe e cheap
In my opinion Zandvoort (Netherlands) is a great spot it is pretty choppy but very windy and you will be able to do your biggest jumps you ever did and occasionally some flat water. Im a 13 year old kitesurfer and I’m a local there
Great video!!! Not surprised to see Brazil in the top of the list. When I learned Kitesurf and started traveling around, took me couple years to realize my hometown has one of the best combo wind/waves of the world! Paracuru!!
Hey Sam nice video. All of these places look really cool. Maybe I will get to some of them one day. The thing about Cape Hatteras and the Outer Banks is that they stick farther out so the wind and waves are better than the rest of the U.S East Coast
my last three kite trips were to Hood River, South Africa, and Brazil. This is a pretty solid list. If you do go to Brazil you should go MUCH farther afield than Cumbuco or Taiba. All of my favorite places were on the other side of Jeri ... Specifically, Macapa is the greatest place I have ever kited.
I totally agree with you about the fact that the best spots are hard to get to.... a top 10 must I found is Aitutaki Cook Islands. Go out every day by rib and enjoy one of the most remote and beautiful places in the world.
Hi Sam, Congrats for this great selection of a stunning places, I am not a kiter although made me very happy to see my region on it. Thanks. Abraço. Clay - Vila Preá - Jericoacoara - Ceará
Nice video, Sam! Here in Brazil you dont need to check the forecast if you are kiting in northeast (from Rio Grande do Norte to Maranhão) july through november ( Rio Grande do Norte is as of september). If you go kiting in Rio de Janeiro, the city I live, you have check the forecast every day.
Here’s a bit about the Seychelles! 🇸🇨 Kitesurfing is not very common here but the locations are incredible! During the right season we have consistent strong wind blowing from the SE. The best spot is between 2 nearby islands off of Mahe. The wind blows through the gap between them, reducing wind shifts, and at the end there are some small waves going over the reef and making some smooth terrain. We have warm temperatures through the year and when the wind drops, free diving will take over your time. ⛵️
Hello Sam, Thank you very much for your videos, I really like them. I share your opinion of Cumbuco Brazil, close to Fortaleza, I humbly believe that there are other incredible and very accessible places that you missed, 1. Punta Chame, Republic of Panama, from December to March, the ambient temperature of water and wind is magical, ideal for kite sailing from 12 to 8 m², weighing 80 kg. Amazing scenery, a fantastic community of kiters and people. 2. Cuesta del Viento, San Juan, Republic of Argentina, preferably when it is summer, from December to March, it is 3,000 meters high, an artificial dam to stop the melting waters, after 12 noon, the wind It turns on as if someone turned it on with a switch almost on time every day. For Kites from 6 to 10 m², weight 80 kg. Positive side incredible landscapes, incredible wind and people, negative, you have to wear a 4/3 neoprene suit at least, and on my last trips the first and second day I lost them due to the change of living at sea level and moving to the height of 3,000 meters of blow height. But once in the kite, everything is great. 3. Humbly I found Cabarete fantastic in the Dominican Republic. 4. Punta del Este, the Republic of Uruguay in December and January. 5. I never was, but it is a pending task that I hope to carry out that I have wanted for many years still when I was windsurfing. HAWAII, USA. Regards. Leo
Awesome video! When you hit 10k subs are you going to do a membership like Nico Prien? The feedback on member riding/jumping etc videos would be really cool.
Brazil is really amazing! In Ceará, there is the city of Camocim, which has 63km of coastline and winds of 30kt where the kiteboarder can do the best donwind of his life! #kitesurfcamocim #farolpoint #avqer #camocim #avidaqueeurecomendo #vempracamocim #camocimextreme #hauletrip #camociminesquecivel
Funny, watch the Australian spot from 3:41, the video is reversed, cars are driving backwards 😂 Cool video by the way, inspires me to at least check a few ones on this list.
Marsala (Italy) is a great kitesurf destination too! Check it out. It's especially good for beginners but it offers great spots for experts too and the view is literally breathtaking!
Verry nice, but You miss Clássico Beach Club at Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Wind, wave, pretty people, party, hot weather, nice sunset. Enjoying it
you should go to scotland. great flatwater spots and waves aswell! plus NOBODY around. there were people at the beach and they asked us what were doing there. they have never seen kitesurfers before.
SUMMARY: 10- Hayling island. Uk. Waves and flat. Inconsistent. 9- Dakhla, Morocco. Hoteles en el medio de la nada, y nada mas q hacer q kitear. 8- Deprano, Gracia. Flat water. Spot is small and busy with kitesurfers and windsurfers.td 7- Hood River, USA. Consistent wind, great events. Public kite park. Super expensive and busy on the summer. 6- Safety Bay, Australia. Flat water, consistent wind during summer. Expensive. 5- Cape hatteras, USA. Channels, land gaps to jump. 4- Le Morne, Mauritius. Tropical island. Consistent wind. WAVES, perfect pointbreak. Expensive. 3- Boat trip, Caribean. Being in a boat for a week, exploring, different island every day. Light wind, hidrofoil. 2- Cape town, south africa. Great waves. Biggest jumps and kiteloops. Not for beginners. 1- Brazil. Flat water. September to December. Down winders. Strong wind.
Need to check out Bar al Hickman and Masirah in Oman, consistent wind, perfect weather and crystal clear water. Best of all though, there are never more than a handful of other kiters at any spot.
Silvaplana is also pretty impressive. It is totally in the mountains, 1800m over sea level. With a view directly to the snowy mountains and glaciers...
Svencele in Lithuania is a good places to kite ;) Fresh, shallow water, no sand, just soft grass, wind can come from any direction, sometimes good for freestyle, sometimes for big air, sometimes you get just 12knts, sometimes 40+. Yes it is bit hard to plan when to go, but once you get to kite there, you'd love it
Good list! But you must have Maui on it. Other candidates, wave riding: Northern Madagascar (Sakalavala or Babaomby) seems amazing but far. Cabarete is in my good spots too (waves and overall vibe). Marshall islands or Indonesia could make the list too it seems. Never been yet!
El Gouna on the Red Sea has to be on the list. Great flat water / bump & jump spot withe awesome wind and weather all year. Oh and Lake Garda in the summer isn't to shaby either.
I think that dakhla deserve to be one of the 3 bests spots in the world because of the wind that is always good. Also we can find in dakhla flat spots, speed spots, wave spots and we can do some incredible down winds to the white dune for example. Good video thanks for your advise. And in brazil, is Jericoacoara the spot you’re showing in the video ?
Since nobody answered... Definitely not Jericoacoara. And definitely in Ceará state, north of Fortaleza. There's more than one spot when he shows Brazil, but all in Ceará and north of Fortaleza.
Hi Sam, love your videos, but in these trying times we really need to see more of your cat. Can you please have it make a cameo in every video? Much appreciated.
Corpus Christi, Texas. The windiest spot in the continental United States! We have flat water, bays, and surf year around. Wetsuit in the winter, 86 degree water in the summer.
You should visit Puck Bay in Poland from the side of the Hel peninsula where it blows 300 days a year and there is shallow water up to 2 km from the shore.
Where about in Brazil? It's not exactly a small place so some more detailed pointers would be great 👍 :-) Growing up windsurfing in Cape Town I can say that its an amazing spot to windsurf and I expect kitesurf. In the summer months the South Easter picks up at about 11am and blows a gale until about 5pm almost every day. If you are a beginner then you can head further north to the lagoon spot in langebaan which is also a pretty spectacular spot. The water is cold so bring a good wetsuit. Great video thanks
Check out Ikarus Kite on Isla Blanca, Cancun, Mexico, and South Padre Island, Texas, USA.... South Padre Island has a very long season, warm weather and water, flat or waves, cheap lodging, food, etc.
Thanks for the video Sam.. But you know that Brazil is as big as the whole continent :D Which places in Brazil you mostly recommend.. considering more of a cheaper places?
Jeri is awesome for nightlife but definetely not the best kite spot (you cant even kite in front of jeri). Prea is right next to it, less crowded and way better beach. The wind gets stronger as you go north from Fortaleza, thats why freestylers stay in cumbuco or taiba. Plenty of lagoons everywhere. Enjoy your stay but trust me Jeri only if you want to get wasted with friends
