The coolest kiteboarding video you'll ever watch.
There's also very little wind, so the trio required 17m Cabrinha Contra kites, and either big twintips or foil boards to get going. When it was windy enough, both the kiteboarding and scenery was amazing, with perfect blue skies contrasting against white icebergs and the deep blue of the ocean. That first shot of the guy ripping along on a foilboard, in perfect silence is just breathtaking.
Why Greenland? Why not? They chose to visit the Ilulissat Icefjord glacier. The glacier is the most productive in the Northern Hemisphere, flowing at a rate of 20-35 m per day, resulting in around 20 billion tonnes of icebergs calved off and passing out of the fjord every year. That's a lot of ice, but if you're looking for icebergs to go kiteboarding around - it's perfect!
As for specialist gear they required to complete the trip, those big kites were a must have, with many days being completely calm and glassy. Drysuits are a necessity in temps this cold, with those bright red Lucifer suits from NP keeping the guys toasty, and visible to their support crew in case of an accident. Speaking of which, nobody has explained what happened during the intro of the movie, where one of the kiters ends up stuck on an iceberg with a deflated kite! Imagine that happening in sub zero water temperatures, and you'll feel much better when it happens to you here in Australia!
Check out the incredible footage of kiteboarding in Greenland, from Cabrinha riders Richard Flindall, Andre Schlotz and Geza Scholtz.
Yallingup Siding, WA
