Cape Point – views for days, friendly ostriches, and a healthy dose of wind. It’s the latter that attracted Danish daredevil kitesurfer Nick Jacobsen to the tip of the peninsula.
Those with money to splurge are buying gadgets designed to lift the rider out of the water, without much skill needed to pull it off.
Ag, just popping out for a quick kite surf attached to the mast of a yacht – daredevil Alex Thomson has outdone himself with this effort.
We like to moan about the wind in this country but sometimes it can be put to pretty good use. These extreme kitesurfers are about to grace our shores and put on a real show.
Now I should clarify here, Norwegian kitesurfers in blouwberg are siesa. And by “siesa” I of course mean “an intoxicating mix of insanity, skill, and bravery”. Yesterday, Nick Jacobsen climbed up a crane on the deck of the now-permanently wrecked Seli I, with his kite and his board, and jumped off. Nuts.