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  • The Kite Mag

    RINSE AND REPEAT

    Mar 26, 2020 6 minutes
    WORDS STEVEN AKKERSDIJK
    PHOTOS
    STEVEN AKKERSDIJK, JOSHUA EMANUEL, WILLOW-RIVER TONKIN

    On this particular trip, Josh told me he has a rule for himself: “Never stay in a place for a shorter time than you’re traveling to it for.” With a good 40 hours of driving ahead and a plan to only stay a couple of days, we were pushing that rule.

    You might ask yourself why someone would decide last moment to book a flight from Durban to Cape Town, hop in to a car and drive another 20 hours. Well, the big reason for this entire adventure was a forecast that’s really rare for the African summer. A big swell was about to hit the Skeleton Coast in Namibia, and it would push life into a break that a few of us have always dreamed of kiting!

    For me, the travel started in Cape Town. After picking Willow-River Tonkin up from the airport, we met up with Joshua Emanuel and Lorenzo Valenti to pack

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