Hi,

Me and Sarah, my better half, have just moved to south Wales, from Fife, where we enjoyed a great kitesurfing scene.

We are mad keen to carry on kiting down here and would like to meet up with other kiters and make the most of 'local knowledge'

Cheers for now

Ian

come to the right place for local knowledge! Good crowd on here - normally someone out somewhere if it's windy. Where about in South Wales have you moved to?

hi and welcome
usually someone out almost anytime.
Trouble is we have sooo many beaches and not a huge number of kiters more than about 4 feels like a crowd.
Checkout Aberavon , Rest Bay, Pembrey, LLanelli

Always someone in

Al

Sounds promissing!

We live between Barry and Porthcawl and have had a look at Ogmore and Southerdown, and were woundering if anyone flew at either of these beaches? These seem to be the closest but we are willing to travel for the right beach and conditions!

All advice much appreciated, hope to meet some of you soon!

Cheers

Ian

well i live in llantwit,
Og is do able , need to watch the tide , current and water qulaity after heavy rain.
People used to do The Knap (barry) but its a pain, strong currents and a shorebrake like nothing else except at low tide.

Hi alunj,
Not far from you, so where is your favourite spot? Is it your most used spot, and if not, where do you go most often?
We are itching to get out on the water, no wind till Friday, and we have the BT guy coming to sort out our phone line....... just hope he comes early.......

We checked out the Knap today........... wouldn't fancy getting dragged up that beach

Ian

i guess fave sopt would be newgale or fresh but they are 70 miles W. !!!
Localy I love em all.
Rest in a NW (tide out has to be less than 6.5m if u have a tide predictor)
Aber in a SE ->NW but it gets gusty W->NW sometimes water can be manky with algae
Pembrey same directions and If I have time cos is well west
Og if the river isnt too high S->W
Coney E-SE

There are other spots too hope to see you guys on the beach soon. Im in the Grey VW with Blade kites and a dry suit when it gets cols coz im a wus !

Hi there both, hope your enjoying S/Wales so far. How long you been here? I've always wanted to visit way up north but not got round to it yet! Have a few friends that have
returned home to the highlands that i'll miss greatly. Anyhow, il be the caribean dude that you will see around falling and diving into the salty soup.... Hopefully fall gracefull and with style! I've recently come over from land boarding, so tomorrow will be my 4th
session on the water! Not quiet nailed it yet but getting there. Hope to meet you both real soon.
Chow,
mario

Welcome to South Wales you two!

Were you the couple out at Aber on Friday evening on the Ozones?

I went down to walk the dogs not realising there was enough wind to kite else I'd of been out and the dogs could have waited!

As already mentioned above there are plenty of friendly folks 'round here. I moved down almost 4 1/2 years ago from Derbyshire. Best thing I ever did!

See you on the beach. I fly RRD Hypertypes (black 12m and red 9m). Come say hi...

Hi Mus,

Yes that was us! First South Wales kiting session for us both and we really enjoyed it, so moving away from the beaches in Fife doesn't seem so traumatic now....

whos out 2mrw if anyone ,maz you still mad for it ,give us a bell

hi guys n girls.
was hopeing to grab a couple of hours befor work..11:00 ish. any one likely to b around as i got stiffed on e-bay & am still needing to borrow a pump (i know ...very sad.)
cheers Blim.

hi sav n sarah
welcme to sunny south wales. though from where ur from t rain should b no shock to the system.
soon us foriegners will b takeing over. im from essex. been here 6 years this xmas & im never moving away.
sorry for putting my request for tue session on your blog... been a long day at work.. i meant to put it in sessions ( obviously ) & this large short is doing the job. hope to meet u both soon.
cheers Blim