Daves just back from Egypt and listening to him talk about it I am definately going next year. Is anyone else planning to go? For me it will be a family holiday with a few hours kiting every morning but it would be more fun to go with, or even just at the same time as some others. I think Dave was saying he was advised by kite junkies that Sept would be a good time as it is still warm but the wind is better.

As im sure Dave will post i will leave the details to him but looking at the late deals with Thompson you can go 5star all inclusive for £600 - £700

Just booked for Fuerteventura for next September for two weeks, or I may have.
Same as above if anyone wants to tag along they are more than welcome.

Off to fuerteventura on wednesday

Sweet where you stay Corralejo ?
Love the place me, don't know if you been before but if u go to flag beach kitesurfing centre you can do a down-winder from lanzerote to fuerteventura.

lucky bugger lol hoping to go next year

Murray wrote:Sweet where you stay Corralejo ?
Love the place me, don't know if you been before but if u go to flag beach kitesurfing centre you can do a down-winder from lanzerote to fuerteventura.

Murray, a few of us are staying in costa calma near the rene elgi centre (South East). Got a car booked for the week so no doubt we will have an explore

mentaljim wrote:lucky bugger lol hoping to go next year

Cannot wait!!!

Hey Dan you're just back from you're hols!!! you're not allowed any more Have the police finished with there investigation over there? are you free to travel? I imagine them to be like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRfluaMKoOY

I can feel an epic trip happening this year starting in Redcar travelling up the East Coast then accross to Blackpool, Walney and up in to West Scotland to visit mates...after that I don't know...T'gypt? back to Fuerte? or Perth,? or OBX Hatteras? ha ha we'll see.

Have a good one in Fuerte lads, just make sure you post some pics of Sotevento with 25knts and Glass flat water, just to keep us happy while we are stuck at work!

Andrew, if you need and info/directions/clubs etc when you're there speak to Tim Wrinch at Flag beach, he'll sort you out

Cheers Craig.

Photo's will be provided

CraigT wrote:Hey Dan you're just back from you're hols!!! you're not allowed any more Have the police finished with there investigation over there? are you free to travel? I imagine them to be like this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRfluaMKoOY

I can feel an epic trip happening this year starting in Redcar travelling up the East Coast then accross to Blackpool, Walney and up in to West Scotland to visit mates...after that I don't know...T'gypt? back to Fuerte? or Perth,? or OBX Hatteras? ha ha we'll see.

Have a good one in Fuerte lads, just make sure you post some pics of Sotevento with 25knts and Glass flat water, just to keep us happy while we are stuck at work!

haha, dan's never going to live this one down is he

Aye have a good one

Craig - The Dutch practically gave me a medal (They love the Germans even more than we do eh)

Are you comin down the Chem later Dan?

Well I was going to wait till I had edited all my gopro footage of the holiday to post this write up but there’s no sign of that happening any time soon so I thought I might as well crack on and get something written down.
My girlfriend and I stayed at the Jaz Mirabel at the end of June this year. Like most holidays it had to be a compromise between a regular beach holiday for the Mrs and a kiting holiday for me.
I had contacted Kitejunkies in advance as I’d decided to take out their package due to all the good write ups I’d read on the various forums. They had also helped out by organising our transfer from the airport (Thompson transfers will not let any sporting equipment on their buses, apparently due to insurance reasons, something they failed to mention when I booked my excess luggage onto the plane).

On the first day of the holiday I didn’t make it down to Kitejunkies (500 meters walk along the beach from our hotel, literally a five min walk) as we went to the reps meeting in the morning and just chilled on the beach in the afternoon. Directly outside our hotel there was another kiteschool and I watched with amusement as one of the “instructors” launched a kite for a pupil not far enough into the wind window. The kite predictably rolled down the beach until it caught the wind and powered up right in the power zone, supermaning the pupil about 20 foot over the coral sand on his knees. We subsequently found out he had to go to hospital a couple of days later as the lacerations on his knees had got infected. One other thing I noticed about this school is they didn’t have a rescue boat and their pupils were repeatedly having to be rescued further downwind by kitejunkies.

I made a point of getting to the kitecentre by about 8 in the morning for the rest of the week by which time the wind would be blowing about 22knotts, the wind then gradually died off to about 17 knots by lunchtimeish and would then blow at about 14 for the rest of the afternoon. The time the wind died off to 17 knots varied each day, sometime it was 12-1 o’clock but on some days it was earlier say about 10 and on one day it wasn’t windy at all. So the routine we got into was I would leave my girlfriend in bed and walk down to the kite centre for 8 o’clock, kite till the wind died off. My girlfriend would have a lie in and meet me at the kiteschool at her leisure. We would then stroll back to our hotel and spend the rest of the day on the beach. I think this worked out well for both of us.

Although the temperature was in the mid 30’s with the constant wind it didn’t feel uncomfortable at all. When I was out on the water I wore board shorts and a rashie and was fine.

Just a note but the wind is meant to stay for longer in the winter months, I was advised that from October to March were the best months. With it being warmer in the autumn than the spring, where u will need a wetsuit.

I took out the basic package at junkies which u can see what it includes if you look on their website but it is defo worth it. Just the help setting up and packing away is worth it alone as pumping up your kite in that heat would not be fun (there are two generators on the beach that you can use to pump up your kites). There is always someone on hand to launch and land your kites and they are always vigilant for anyone in trouble. On my last day the lads even washed down and packed away all my equipment for me.

What I liked about kitejunkies is the relaxed atmosphere and the total lack of the hard sell, which if you’ve been to Egypt you know happens everywhere.

The spot in front and upwind of kitejunkies is literally knee to waist deep for a very long way out, the whole area is sheltered from the sea by a large coral reef which is about a kilometre out to sea. The water does get deeper downwind of kitejunkies if you go out past the jetty but if you’re a beginner I wouldn’t worry about this as there is plenty of room upwind where you’ll never be out of your depth. The water was a bit choppy when it was blowing 22knots but when it died off to below 20 the water became much flatter. So calm you could see straight through to the sea bottom. One thing to beware of is that the further you go out to sea the more you have to be careful of the sea urchins. I was advised to wear my boots just in case, but I wore them anyway as I’d burnt my feat of the first day.

Right what else is worth mentioning? Well due to bad press Egypt is getting lately the resort it literally not even a quarter full. This means no fighting in the buffet queue and it also meant that there were hardly any other kiters to avoid in the water. At most there would be a half a dozen on the water at anytime so no problems with getting in each other’s way.

Ok so to try and make this a balance review I’ll list here some bad points:

- The evenings don’t exactly get going in Nabq, like I said it’s not very busy and the hotel entertainment is rubbish.
- It’s hard to criticise kitejunkies but if I think if I had gone when it was busy I think there would have been a bit of congestion getting in and out just in front of the kitecentre. This is because there’s a designated swimming area downwind and the beginner’s area upwind. Further out there’s loads of room but like I said if it was busy this may be an issue.
- Depending on your style you may get bored with flat water, but kitejunkies will organise trips to a wave spot, I didn’t try this so I can’t comment on it.
- Nothing against kitejunkies (or my lass) but as I was kiting on my own and not with my usual crowd of mates I wasn’t pushing myself to try new things as much. I think a trip away with one or more other couples would have been better.
I think, I’ve covered most things here but if anyone wants to know more about the hotel, the resort of junkies just post on this thread and I’ll reply.

P.S. don’t hold your breath for the footage an all.