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Is it just us or is this not one of the best kite boarding seasons we’ve had in recent years? Weeks of good wind continue and follow a fantastic surf season when North Swell followed North Swell again and again from October to April……… any doubters who might think that Cabarete, or the north [...]

Jim and I were saying two weeks ago, in a conversation about Richard Branson, that he’d probably love Cabarete as an avid kiteboarder.
He’d never been – until last night. On a super quick visit (just 24 hours) he’s packing in a ton of stuff in his first trip to Cabarete. He [...]

You can tell when the World cup is nearly on us because the water fills with kiteboarders, more than ever and Cabarete bay takes on that beautiful hue of blue water and white caps and a myriad of kites in all the colours of the rainbow.
It helps also when the wind blows like that [...]

It’s getting hot – even walking early AM, the sun’s power is apparent.
Here’s a real draw back to living in Cabarete for 6 years (and there are not many). At 46 years old, I am looking at my face and skin and realizing that even though I’ve been ‘creaming up’ everyday with [...]

I love the wind; so used to it blowing in the afternoons in Cabarete; it makes the town what it is – a watersport’s heaven but every now and then, we get an afternoon where the wind is completely non-existent and the whole bay takes on a different colour, tone and feel. I don’t [...]

Our wind kicked in this week; it’s been a while since we had it really blowing. The Swell team took to the van and drove to La Boca to begin a down wind ride in the waves. It is also a few months since I had some spare time to go. It [...]

He did it and of course he did

Luciano was right back on top of his game today at the final of the Master of the Ocean competition. He won both the Kiteboarding and surfing competitions and right now, we are waiting for the results of the overall competition; will he be 2010 Master of the Ocean? The next Blog will [...]

So Kite boarding season kicks off this weekend with the Master of the Ocean competition.  Talented water sportsmen must excel in surfing, windsurfing AND kiteboarding in order to carry away the trophy.  Individual titles are up for grabs in Kite surfing, wind surfing and surfing but the overall winner must demonstrate skill in all three disciplines - no easy task.
Our very [...]

OK so nothing even changed for Cabarete after the awful earthquake in Haiti.  Still Cabarete has apparently suffered somewhat from the association.  It’s a shame for businesses who have made it through a difficult tourism year to have this one landed on them just as the world’s economy was looking up.  Cabarete though has what [...]