The first day of the Burn Kitesurf World Cup in Turkey started today with two ladders of slalom in the morning and finished with 23 heats of kite masters. Oswald Smith and Christine Boenniger dominated the finals in slalom, and no one set themselves apart in the kite masters heats yet. Smith, Corniel, Serin, Scholte, Kerneur amongst others might be possible winners — but after a full day of competition, it’s still anyone’s game. The winds remained steady around twenty knots all day, with nice, small waves providing … More
I squint through a tiny windscreen spattered with rain and wind-blown spray, and try to steer our boat through the gale. Right in my line of sight sit four bikes and I peer between grimy chainrings to try not to steer a hundred thousand quid’s worth of posh boat onto unforgiving rocks. “If we go down,” I think, “should I save the Mojo HD, or just swim for it?” I hope the boat company has good insurance.
This bike ‘road trip’ is a little different. We’ve swapped the coffee-and-muffin overload and congestion of the UK’s motorways with a sedately paced, week-long cruise across Scotland … Pictures and more