KIte Beach, Dominican Republic : very entertaining place to have a beer

I do not kite board. As far as know there is no place to kiteboard in Thailand (where I live) and I have also heard that the equipment is extremely expensive (like $1000 ++.) Therefore, it is extremely unlikely I am ever going to get involved in this sport. I will say though, it looks like a lot of fun.

Anyway, this is about Kite Beach, which isn't even the name of the beach. I don't know what it is called. It is a part of Cabarete but a but further west from the main area. This beach apparently experiences the best constant wind coverage of the area and therefore people have set up kiting areas for a couple hundred meters. It They also have observation areas for people like me to have a beer and admire those who took the time to git gud at this.

There were very few absolute beginners as far as i could tell, but a good way to ID them is if they are wearing a helmet. Apparently this is how the more experienced kiters are able to give way to the people who have little control over their direction and i think it is nice the accommodate beginners like this (the surf world is NOT helpful like this.)

Anyway, whether or not you want to participate is subjective. You don't have to. For me, i was perfectly happy with paying $2 a beer and just watching the people who were really good at it do flips and what not.

he landed that, by the way

These action photos are crap, sorry but I have complained many times before that my camera is just on my phone and my phone was a mid-range phone when i bought it 4 years ago. It might be time to upgrade because I have been enjoying taking photos for the first time in a while.