Kitesurfing Singapore

My research group at MIT is partnered with the National University of Singapore, so I am spending the month of January here working on our project and attending a seminar. I figured I would bring my kites, just in case I got to use them. Today was a perfect day, with winds in the mid-teens and bathwater temperature water.

I wasn't sure what the local scene would be in Singapore, but by mid afternoon there were probably 20 kites on the beach, as well as a bunch of windsurfers. Most everyone was one 12-14 meter kites, as the wind rarely gets above twenty from what the locals were saying. Got to talk to a bunch of locals, as well as expats from Germany, England, and South Africa. The guy from South Africa was just in Boston, and was asking me about kiting around the city. I told him to check out Masskite!

One of the cool things about the day was the variety of kites on the beach. People were riding Ozone, Cabrinha, Flysurfer, F-One, Liquid Force, Slingshot, Wainman, and I was on my Flexifoil. Made for an interesting day seeing all the different manufacturers in action.

I am hoping to get out a couple more times while I am here, and maybe make a day trip to Bin-Tan, Indonesia for some Lagoon kiting directly on the Equator.

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