Not in Florida... But.. Dream come true... Kiteboarding in the desert!

[AEsco48]

Hey guys!... Hows it going?

Well I dont live in Miami anymore but thats where I grew up and leaned to kite in 2005ish...

I am living in Cairo Egypt not and had the opportunity to kite in a lake in the middle of the desert... Also been to the Red Sea a few times.

Though you guy might like this video!

Blog: http://www.adventuresofaegs.com/2012/04/dream-come-true-kiteboarding-in-desert.html

Could not figure out how to embed the video....

[Russky]

Try the lagoons at Ras Sudr (or Ras Sedr as locals call it). The place is one of the best in the world for kiting (IMHO).

The big lagoon there is of the size of Tampa Bay, all knee-deep crystal clear water. The West winds are 20-30 knt blowing pretty much 24/7 for the last few thousand years.

Ras Sudr has the whole infrastructure for kiting and windsurfing (shacks, kite gear, rescue watch, couple of decent hotels right at the beach).

It's a 4-5 hour drive from Cairo, you have to cross Suez canal (kind of scetchy experience with gazzillion of guards carrying their AK-47s watching tunnel exits) - if feasible, let a local driver go thru that.

http://fksa.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=351&d=1340379087

[ricki]

Bizarre riding area Andres and nice job on the video! You did some nice treatments moving the monopod around. What kind of wind did you have at the lake? I did a little kiting at Sataya about six miles off the coast of SE Egypt. It was an interesting area often with pretty good wind. Thanks for posting, have fun over there!

p.s. I wrote scripts to embed videos from youtube and vimeo, eventually gave up trying to do Facebook. There is no script for that particular site on here unfortunately.

[AEsco48]

Yup, been to Ras Sudr a few times but never those lagoons... Will have to check it out next weekend!

Thx Rick. Wind was ok for the 12.... But depowered a bit to make it easier to hold the camera...

[Russky]

Couple of videos from Rus Sudr kite trip... Been a while ago... so not a GoPro quality...

One of the small artificial lagoons:
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That big ass natural lagoon:
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[AEsco48]

Nice!