Safaga, Egypt Summer 2005
20 December 2006 dans Kite Surfing Egypt
Please see the attached photos showing what an awesome time we had. It was my first go kite-surfing and I’m now officially hooked - you will be hearing from me again for sure!! The wind was perhaps a little too strong for us beginners at times, but at least by the end of the week we were getting up on the board (if only for a few seconds). The whole week was fantastic, the hotel was better than I expected (loved the shisha bar), it was great to meet the other waverider nuts (and instructors!) and also the locals who cooked lunch, organised the boat, and very importantly rescued me on numerous occasions, for which I am extremely grateful.
The only downside to it all was that at the start of the week we (2 beginners) were put in the same class as 2 water starters. Naturally they were getting bored repeating the stuff they already knew, and we were being rushed with stuff we’d never done. Luckily we brought this up after two days and we were then put with different instructors which made all the difference.
One of my buddies had a book called Kiteboarding Vision which we all had a look at, and we thought it might be a great idea to tell beginners to have a look at it before they go, as it would have certainly helped us out with some of the theory. Also, I spent hours scouring London for ‘lock tight’ only to discover on arrival that it was something I would never have needed - perhaps this should be taken off the list of things to take?
Otherwise it was all spot on!