world reviewer
Kiteboard Pro
On the southern tip of Spain, Tarifa has rising kudos as a sun-kissed weekend party town and is now a hot spot for windsurfers and kitesurfers - the Strait of Gibraltar channels perfect, warm winds right onto the sandy beaches here. Since 2005, it has hosted a leg of the Professional Kiteboard Riders Association World Tour on its Valdevaqueros beach. The world’s best kiteboarders plus accompanying rad dudes, surfer girls and adrenalin junkies descend for a week in September, alongside the boho-luxe crowd who love this part of Spain.
The competition has three sections: the Freestyle, which appraises technical difficulty and innovation; the Big Air Tricks, which is about how high you can fly; and the Boardercross slalom, which is all about speed. As crowds gather on the beach to gasp at the spectacular aqua-aerobatic circus, the wind riders’ daredevil energy breezes into the beach shacks and tapas bars of this white washed town, creating a fiesta atmosphere throughout the tournament.
Read more about it on the Smith Travel Blog
Comments
There are no posts. Why not be the first to have your say?
Add a comment
About this author
Smith Travel Blog
The Smith Travel Blog: an insider guide to the world of luxury travel, offering a behind-the-scenes insight into the Smith team…
Also by this author
Christmas cooking with Raymond Blanc
We Smiths like to rank ourselves rather highly in the cookery stakes.
What to Wear Where
What to wear for your boutique break...
UK Staycation - Six alternatives to Cornwall
If, like the huge number of Brits planning on taking a ’staycation’ this year, you just want to stay on home turf, let us point you in the right direction.
Latest travel blog posts
Twenty-Four Days of Zen
I have never felt as vibrantly, emphatically alive as I did on February 27th, over a lunch of baby corn with chicken and rice.
Step back in time at the Dennis Severs’ house in London
As I arrived at the Dennis Severs’ house in the Shoreditch neighbourhood of London, there was not much to distinguish it from the others in this Georgian Terrace, surrounded by modern office blocks. One of the guardians of the house was waiting just outsi
A seafood feast at Limski Kanal - in Istria, Croatia
On our recent visit to Istria, the northernmost province of Croatia we tore ourselves away from the sunlounger to explore the coastline at Limski Kanal (also known as Lim Fjord or Limski Channel). This deep sea channel cuts inland with steeply sloping woo
Cycling by the sea in Istria - in Croatia
When we visited Istria in Croatia this summer, the joys of lying by the pool were wearing abit thin after the first day (for me anyway) so we decided to hire some bikes.
