Kitesurfing Brandvlei

August 06, 2006

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Every so once in a while, when the wind stops blowing in Cape Town, and the situation becomes desperate, a bunch of kiters heads inland where sunny skies and steady wind awaits them.

Wind is never further than an hour and 15 minutes from Cape Town. This magical spot almost always delivers when it's windless in Cape Town.

With the sun shining, snow on the mountains and a solid 20 - 25 knots of wind myself, MJ, Alex, Floyd and Anthony shared a great day of fun on the water at Brandvlei.

Floyd delivered the best moves of the day along with a few equally impressive wipeouts.


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1 Floyd 8/7/2006 2:33:03 AM

Really rad mission guys, as my first trip to Brandvlei, i dont think i could of asked for it to be any better. Definately gonna frequent the spot more often.

2 Boesman 9/4/2006 7:18:55 AM

Nice one. But there are so many stories about the spot. I've been there once and it was 20 knots, quite choppy, but good conditions as there were certain parts in the dam that was clean.

Now: Some guys say you must kite it when its nuking in CPT with 30 knots plus SE, others say you must go to Brandvlei when there is no wind... which one is it?

3 Deon 2/13/2007 8:00:51 AM

Go to www.iweather.co.za for real time wind update at brandvlei,we go there often and wind is great SE,gets gusty when cloudy NW not recommended

4 Edwin 3/2/2009 11:44:45 AM

I can remember my session at Brandvlei very good. At the start of the session I could train myself with some tricks, but afterwards the wind almost dropped, and I had no other option than making a downwinder to the dam. Luckely there was one gravel road around the mountain so I could walk back!

Please be aware of the rocks. It's a Intermediate kitespot

5 Frogstar 5/21/2009 3:25:23 AM

So where do you guys launch at Nekkies?

Which wind direction is best for this area

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