The premise of the Road to Megaloop video series is simple – take one seasoned pro, in the form of Cohan van Dijk, and give them one hopeless kitesurfer (me, Steezy Pete, long-standing compadre of Colin Colin Carroll) to coach, coax and cajole into pulling a megaloop, the most distinctive trick in the sport and the one every new kiter has dreamed of landing for the last 20 years. If I pulled it off, Colin, orchestrator and villain of the project, would be getting hanked, à la Nick Jacobsen in Hidden Lines, by Nick himself. If I failed, it wasn’t only my hair (and dignity) on the line, but Cohan’s as well. No pressure then…
12TH NOVEMBER
Dear Diary,
My first Cape Town session was not a confidence-inspiring experience. It started with the walk down, over the dunes of Dolphin Beach, as I felt the wind build from almost nothing to a cold, dense wall of power. An ocean of brand-new kites filled the sky, with riders being sporadically launched among them, mid loop, before dropping away like so many shot pheasants. It didn’t get much better as I reached the beach, and was greeted with an involuntary sand facial, while I squinted at walls
