Good to hear about Cabarete, a more diverse and longer history of surfing-tourism could really help with the abundance of information. And like TomW said, if it can shine a light on "before, after, the bad shite that happens and can grow out of it. And what to do to avoid it?", including "how to ben...

I wonder what you are looking at and what factors you want to focus on. What's your hypothesis? The pattern and mechanisms on east coast of USA, in Spain at Tarifa, or in Brazil around Cumbuco are all going to be different. due to the variables of policy frameworks, existing economic base, educatio...

Thanks for all the suggestions so far! And I agree with your comments, kitesurfing could be too niche for my purpose so surf-tourism would make more sense. Also, I think a developing country could indeed be more suitable, as most other places tend not to specialise into one specific industry, like y...

Hey everyone, I've been thinking about doing a research project looking into how kitesurf-tourism affects a local economy (providing jobs & income, replacing other sources income, developing a town, growing (temporary) population, spillovers into other sectors (service industry),conflict with for in...

Didn't know England was still so expensive, especially compared to Scandinavia where it's free (living off course would be more expensive, but still). Going South could work, but it seems that in general the further south you go, the lower the quality of the education gets. So it appears to me that ...

Hey everyone, I'm looking for a university in Europe to do my masters where I could also do some proper kiting. My requirements are: - Within Europe; to keep the costs down as I am an EU citizen - Not in the Netherlands; I'm from there and like a change of scenery - Kitespot(s) reachable without a c...

Since a couple of weeks I get this pain in my arms while kiting, ruining my sessions and leaving me worried it might be something serious. But, I'm not in my home country so going to a specialist is extra expensive, so thought I would ask here first if someone might know what is going on. The pain s...

Thanks man, seems like a cheap place indeed. I considered buying one, but I wouldn't feel very comfortable parking it in the street as I don't have a driveway (living in Obs)

Hey everyone, I'm on an exchange with the University of Cape Town for the next five months. To get me to the beaches and to check out the rest of this amazing country, I'm thinking about renting a car for a long period. Does anyone here know of a good and cheap (I know, difficult combination) place ...

Yesterday evening, the maker of the video, and the whole project, was on Dutch television. He is a film maker and animator, not named Jarno Smeets (but Floris Kaayk, and this whole project was fake. He said that he wanted to try to tell a story through a blog