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…
One of the spots that I got the chance to kite at in El Gouna is the Duotone Pro Center, which has recently opened at the Casa Cook El Gouna hotel. The Casa Cook hotel is one of the newest and recently opened five stars hotel and resort at El Gouna. The hotel was inaugurated…
Kite-safari is a unique kitesurfing experience that one can do while on the Red Sea. The kite-safari is suitable for all levels of riders from fresh students to pro riders. It gives the opportunity to explore different kitesurfing conditions and spots. And more importantly, kite-safari is sporty camp, and significantly can drive progress in kitesurfing.…
During the last weekend I got the opportunity, finally, to participate in a kitesurfing competition in 2020, and probably the biggest kitesurfing event amidst the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. From November 5th to November 7th, Makani Beach Club hosted El Gouna Kite Mania 2020 competition in El Gouna. The competition was full of excitement and…
I hope this post works as an introduction to kitesurfing at el Gouna, Red Sea, Egypt. I like to consider el Gouna as a second home spot for me as I have been visiting the town repetitively in the past 3 years. El Gouna is a fun and convenient destination for kitesurfing. The town is…
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…
محاولة سريعة ومفتوحة لشرح رياضة الركمجة المظلية باللغة العربية بدأت في كتابة هذه التدوينة في سبتمبر ٢٠١٩ ولم انتهي منها بسبب الانشغال بامور اخرى، إلا ان هذا الموضوع من المواضيع التي تردد علي من وقت الى آخر واعتقد انه من المهم الحديث عنها، ومع قدوم الجائحة اعتقد ان لدي ما يكفي من الوقت لنشر هذه…
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…
Written on April 23rd 2020 At first I like to extend my apologies to the frontliners in Kuwait and express my disappointment for incident upon my arrival, and my apologies for not discussing the subject at this time. So here is the deal; we made it back to home. On March 25th we managed to…