I was going to Tarifa with my friend Andreas
www.andreasholm.com to
try and catch some surf. Little did I know surf in that part of the
world doesn't get going till the winter. The day started out really
rainy and nasty, so I was a little worried that its was going to be the
same in Tarifa. After several hours of driving, or rather being a
passenger, Andreas drove the whole way. We got to Tarifa and the
weather was still nasty and gloomy, but the clouds were starting to
break up. We struggled finding a hostel for a second (our first choices
were full) but then found one in the center of town. That is when we
heard the news, surf was out wind was in. Normally this kills me to hear
this because it leaves you with nothing to do. Well Tarifa happens to
be the kite surfing capital of the world. I did not know this. Upon
hearing this we decided to check it out. There
was a little spot just down the road where there is some killer kite
surfing. We got directions and started to make our way to lagoon. It
didn't take us long to figure out where we were going. In the distance
you could see multicolored kites weaving in and out. It was insane that
people weren't running into each other. I later learned, the kind of
control that is needed just to stay on the surface of the water is
incredible, so navigating your kite in the sky is child's' play by the
time you can actually kite surf. We arrived at the lagoon which was
just a big section of beach that floods at high tide and is protected
by a big sand bar, so the water is 2 ft deep and calm with really
strong winds, like I said kite surfing capital of the world. The clouds
had broken up at this point so the sun was starting to shine. It was a
site to see, all the kites weaving in and out dipping and diving and
kite boarders getting lifted into the air ten feet doing really forced
twists and turns before landing with a hard splash in the water. We got
there pretty late, evening was fast approaching and the tide was going
out the winds were dieing and the light was fading, People started to
leave but there were a select few that stayed. Their efforts were not
in vain we did our best to capture that evening in Tarifa, these were
just a few of the pictures that I shot.
