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Maui, Hawaii - La Morne, Mauritius - Cape Town, which should be visited first?

Postby Archer77 » Mon Dec 03, 2018 6:41 pm

Hey All!

to kiters that have tried at least 2 of this place, which you considered the most fun, beautiful, with very good wind frequency and preferred to you for some reasons, place, among this three?

about twin tip, freeride boosting and wave riding with surf board

thank you !
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Re: Maui, Hawaii - La Morne, Mauritius - Cape Town, which should be visited first?

Postby newold86 » Mon Dec 03, 2018 7:17 pm

Have been a number of times in these places. They are very different in non-kiting activities - Mauritius offers significantly less than two other places.
For kiting you need to choose a right season, in my opinion during a high season all three places would offer similar experience (in general).
I love waves on Mauritius (I think they are better than on Maui), but they are left, and I’m strictly regular, so for a frontside need to go to Maui.

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Re: Maui, Hawaii - La Morne, Mauritius - Cape Town, which should be visited first?

Postby piccio » Mon Dec 03, 2018 9:22 pm

ciao ,anche io vado a p pollo l estate ma esco solo a marina.sono stato a maui e cpt ,bei posti ,da visitare once in a life ,molto differenti difficile dire il migliore, comunque dall italia molto piu comodo ,facile andarci e meno caro il s africa e molte piu cose da vedere .l 'acqua è comunque congelata e ultimamente estremamente affollato di kiter e windsurfers che si litigano le onde.partendo da roma volendo puoi uscire il pomeriggio successivo .per maui invece c 'è il fuso orario di 12 ore due giorni di viaggio e arrivi rimbambito ma l acqua è piu calda e piu limpida.
io a maui non ci tornerei perche oltre al kite non ce molto altro da fare invece a cpt sono stato 4 volte e non vedo l ora di tornare perche c'è tutto oltre al kite .
a maui devi stare un mesetto altrimenti è un ammazzata,a cpt anche 10 giorni li sfrutti bene.
un mio amico che è bravo esperto e serio e che li ha visti tutti e 3 dice che le morne è il piu bello in assoluto ,io non lo so ,mai stato perche nella stagione buona sto sempre in sardegna.
comunque in ogni caso cerca di evitare gennaio e febraio a cpt,troppa gente in acqua.immagina p pollo a ferragosto con due metri d onda davanti ai laghetti!
mi riferisco ad haakgat platboom e witsands che sono i posti principali a cpt dove vanno tutti.
naturalmente in s africa se ti sposti 200 metri da questi posti non trovi nessuno ma considera 35 nodi, acqua marrone ,gelida, il pensiero dei squali bianchi quindi non stai propio tranquillo in sicurezza per cui per forza di cose tanta gente vicina.un po come uscire a capo mannu da solo o con altre persone

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Re: Maui, Hawaii - La Morne, Mauritius - Cape Town, which should be visited first?

Postby Eduardo » Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:51 am

Maui if you are regular, Mauritius if you are goofy. be sure they're in season. Haven't been to CT. Neither is worth it (high cost and travel time) for TT riding though in my view - only for for waves. Both have lots of things to do like hiking, waterfalls, surfing, snorkeling, scuba, ...

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Re: Maui, Hawaii - La Morne, Mauritius - Cape Town, which should be visited first?

Postby newold86 » Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:21 am

Eduardo wrote:
Tue Dec 04, 2018 1:51 am
Neither is worth it (high cost and travel time) for TT riding though in my view - only for for waves.
Totally agree

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Re: Maui, Hawaii - La Morne, Mauritius - Cape Town, which should be visited first?

Postby Bletti » Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:26 pm

I'm thinking of doing a 2 week trip to Maui either early April or May for waves and foiling. Which is a better month or are both reasonably good?

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Re: Maui, Hawaii - La Morne, Mauritius - Cape Town, which should be visited first?

Postby newold86 » Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:11 pm

I think April is better for waves

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Re: Maui, Hawaii - La Morne, Mauritius - Cape Town, which should be visited first?

Postby yomotha » Tue Dec 04, 2018 3:30 pm

Bletti wrote:
Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:26 pm
I'm thinking of doing a 2 week trip to Maui either early April or May for waves and foiling. Which is a better month or are both reasonably good?
I'd go with April as well... you can kite on some monsters at that time of year.

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Re: Maui, Hawaii - La Morne, Mauritius - Cape Town, which should be visited first?

Postby Archer77 » Tue Dec 04, 2018 10:05 pm

thank you newold86 and eduardo, so Cape town better for life, Maui and Mauritius for waves!
grazie piccio! ho visto comunque che con tramontana e grecale anche a porto pollo entrano dei begli ondoni!

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Re: Maui, Hawaii - La Morne, Mauritius - Cape Town, which should be visited first?

Postby recoprianto » Wed Dec 05, 2018 12:12 am

Bletti wrote:
Tue Dec 04, 2018 2:26 pm
I'm thinking of doing a 2 week trip to Maui either early April or May for waves and foiling. Which is a better month or are both reasonably good?
There are almost no waves on Maui in May. April is the end of the North shore wave season.


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