“The spot is notorious for waves, but no one ever tries to freestyle or explore the islands for freestyle spots. That was my edge.”
hen you hear the name Cape Verde, what comes to mind? For most of us kiters, it’s waves… beautiful open-face waves… big barreling waves… dream waves… But when I boarded my flight from Lisbon to Praia, Cape Verde’s capital, I had something different in mind: freestyle. A far-fetched idea perhaps, especially since everyone I talked to about it, including local kiters, turned up their noses. It wasn’t an entirely implausible idea, as I saw it. The spot is notorious for waves, but no one ever tries to freestyle
