A portuguese kite trip - Part I

I'm finally back with a big smile from the trip around my beautiful Portugal! The wind took some time to greet us, but it ended up offering me and my friends a lot of great sessions. We went from lighter conditions to better and better winds, ending the two weeks tour with the best and longest sessions, thanks to the "Nortada", well established and blowing strong, up to 25/30 knots in one of the last days!

Things started slowly in sunny Tavira. Bad forecast made us decide to cross the south coast of Algarve directly to Sagres. A hesitating Southwest wind allowed for some a first session in the Martinhal beach.

Not enough to kill the "appetites", but we made up the day with a nice cool beer at sunset. We also had the opportunity to sleep in the most "roots" camping of all the trip!

We decided to try our luck next in the West coast of Algarve and headed up to Carrapateira, my favourite beach in the entire country. She was a capricious one and decided to greet us with a beautiful day, but no wind. Nevertheless, we had good fun surfing some waves and fishing!

The wind was still playing shy, so we decided to immerse in the local colours, before descovering the Malhão beach. The long and wild strip of sand offered us a "home", but only enough wind for Guillaume to try a couple of downwinds.

The road took us next up the coast of Alentejo, at a slow pace, with enough time to enjoy the views, the food and the good times together!

If it's true that the first few days were light on wind, it must be said that we had lots of fun. And the great kite sessions were just about to come...

(photos by Olive and me)