The last couple of months in Zanzibar have made us crave for good winds, so we decided to work a little on what we had from past travels and put together a short video for you to see the abilities of our Emanuel as well as some beautiful kitesurfing spots around Tanzania (and not only in Zanzibar!).
Remember that we offer advanced tuition for kite surfing with your own gear. You can learn to jump and do tricks like Emanuel is showing you and become a pro!
Enjoy!!
Yes! We were there! This year we were in Cape Town for the King of the Air, the greatest event of the kind in the world, in the best spot for some proper jumps!
Cape Town is known for the infamous Cape Doctor, the strong south eastern wind that blows in Cape Town in the summer months, bringing strong winds, easily above 25 knots. The perfect recipe, together with the big waves of the West Coast, to give chances for spectacular jumps up in the air.
This year has unfortunately seen one of the greatest kite surfers in the world, Nick Jacobsen, injured when training for the KOTA 2018 and unable to participate in the competition. Nick and Joshua Emanuel have been beating each other’s records over the last year.
Emanuel had a chance to meet Nick who came to see the other athletes competing. We hope to see him kite surfing and giving us the usual show as soon as possible! Speedy recovery Nick!
Kevin Langeree, winner of the King of the Air 2018 went very close to Joshua’s record with his 28.88 m (Josh still holds the record with 28.9 m)!
Emanuel also met Gijs Wassenaar, who participated in the event this year up to round 4, where Kevin Langeree and Aaron Hadlow brought home a higher score.
If you want to know more about the event click here.
Such a pleasure for a passionate kitesurfer like Emanuel to meet some among the best ones in the world!
Kite Beach, Blouberg, Cape Town, is THE place to be for big jumps and where all these athlete train for the highest jumps.
Here a couple of pictures from the KOTA to give you a taste!
Emanuel has been teaching in Kite Beach as well as Langebaan and Shark Bay over the last season in Cape Town, as you can read from this post.
We like to try different kite surfing spots, as well as different working environments – all new experience which we build up for our school in Zanzibar!
So this time it’s Cape Town. Winds that blow crazily at well over 30 knots on an easy day… a water temperature of 15 degrees °C in the good days… deep water… Well, it is a different world!
The best kite surfing spots in Cape Town, for the ones who are not familiar with the area, are on the north of the city itself, starting from Blouberg all the way up to Langebaan and its beautiful natural reserve.
Yes, the water looks like the Caribbeans, the temperature once you get in… not quite!
Here are some pictures of Ema teaching, both in Blouberg itself and in Sharks Bay / Langebaan:
If you want any further information about kite surfing in Cape Town, please drop us a line!
When the wind is not too strong but just strong enough to get some good waves, it’s stand up paddle time!!
Here is Emanuel trying out the stand up paddle and having some fun with it!
The SUP is also an excellent way to explore the coastline and check out a different view of the beach. You can make it as relaxed or as sporty as you like!
Come enjoy the stand up paddle with us!
Let’s get to know who is behind all this! Emanuel is the owner and the main instructor of the school, he is Tanzanian and has been teaching kite surfing in Zanzibar for quite a few years.
See a bit of what he can do when on the water! Once you have learned to ride, you are welcome to get some more advanced lessons to learn tricks!
We just finished the construction of our new school and we think it looks neat! Let us know what you think!
We have also a beach area where you can chill on our sun beds!
Karibu to Coconuts Kite!
