The year 2020 is folding so quickly with many events and scenes in our memories to remember. I wouldn’t say it felt like 8 hours, but certainly it felt much less than a year, with so many changes happening so fast. My experience with kitesurfing this year, just like almost everything else, got disturbed by…
While all borders have been closed by health authorities in Kuwait about a week ago, I got to cross borders and kite on the water between Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on Christmas day. The kite session on the very south shore of Kuwait with side-shore winds blowing from the North was very thrilling, as any…
Summer season kitesurfing in Kuwait and the hot-blow winds By the end of May, Kuwait health authorities lifted the full lockdown, and adjusted the COVID-19 precautions to partial curfew that allows people mobility and traveling within the country. The lifting of the lockdown came in time with the change in seasons in Kuwait and the…
بداية اهنئ القارئ بمناسبة عيد الفطر السعيد، ومع أول أيام العيد، يمكننا القول ان المتبقي امامنا في الكويت هو اسبوع أخير من الحظر الشامل، ونتمنى ان تنفرج أزمة جائحة الكارونا في القريب عن الجميع. تناقشنا في التدوينة السابقة عن تسمية وترجمة اسم رياضة الكايت سيرف إلى اللغة العربية. والسبب في البحث عن الإسم او الترجمة…
After I finished spending my home quarantine period, 2 weeks after the 2 weeks of institutional quarantine, total 4 weeks since returned back to Kuwait. Finally I was able to go to the beach and get some kitesurfing sessions. I finished my quarantine period on April 24th, which is also my daughter Zaina’s birthday. I…
Happy New Year and may 2020 comes with your wishes and lots of good wind days. I promised earlier to keep track of my kitesurfing days in Kuwait to collect some data that hopefully be useful for other kitesurfers when considering the sport in Kuwait. During 2019 I spent 275 days in Kuwait during which…
We got blessed this month, or since the beginning of Al Wasem Season in Kuwait, which started toward the end of October. Since then, we started to get more windy days, though majority been light winds, few real good winds as well. Last Wednesday was one of the most awesome days, with about 18 knots…
We got lucky to have good NNW winds in the past 4 days. The wind has been coming on North West direction and changing during the day to North North West, which makes the south coast of Kuwait preferable for kitesurfing. We got the chance to kite during these days on both Dubaiya and Bnieder.…
Kitesurfing in Kuwait during the first 6 months of 2019 During the first 6 months of 2019, I spent about 130 days in Kuwait while traveling the rest. Out of the 130 days I was in Kuwait, I went out kiting on 50 days. There were obviously windy days that I missed while traveling, but…
I will continue updating this post to make it more meaningful Location Good Wind North West Spot Highlights Desperate kiting spot very rocky on low tide water is very filthy Forecast The Spot Located in the heart of Kuwait City, on Kuwait bay, and short distance from Shuwaikh Port. The key feature of the spot…