When the Earth, Moon and Sun are aligned at perigee and perihelion, their closest distance to earth, a King Tide occurs. Together with strong onshore winds the ocean flooded the entire Brouwersdam beach and turned it into a thin carpet of flat water. Perfect conditions for a epic kiteboarding session!

Steering the kite in a loop while airborne, when perfectly executed, will make the rider travel at the speed of the wind in an instant. To fly horizontally, in 8 beaufort of wind, and suddenly hear all noise disappear because you are catching up with the wind.. That's a surreal moment.

Riders: Evan Kruger & Rykiel Fijn
Camera & Edit: Edwin Haighton
Music: Karsten - Lord have mercy

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So last season was a big year for the King of the Air, some big jumps and even bigger crashes. As this event continues to push the limits of the riders involved it pretty interesting to hear what they have to say on what it takes to pull these tricks. Here I catch up with To Hebert, Aaron Hadlow and Lasse Walker on their thoughts on how gnarly it really is.

I am also starting a movie on how the Kit (gear) is developed for different styles of riding, not sure what it will be called yet, but its on its way!

Follow the team as they prepare for the event with ;pre game talk' on the blog: http://www.northkiteboarding.com/blog/

Too windy ain't the words I use a lot. But these days it's been a little to much. See how Roderick and I mission it to Cape point and believe it or not I strapped my twintip back under my feet and im slowly learning how to fly.

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Came back in this paradise this winter.

late swell run- 2016 indo to test the new Ozone Reo v4

Welcome to a brand new Jalou ' S tories #7 which is called sharing the stoke.

With kiting you are often on a chase to find the best possible conditions to kite. Most of the time I feel like every session has to be a training, in this latest vlog Roderick and myself make the best out of a flat day in Cape town, we try some aerobatics on the water, i take a local kid for a bodydrag, a random women catches fish during kiting.

And to get rid of that last bit of energy we run up Lionshead mountain for the sunset.

Oh boy another epic day in the mother city :)
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