Kitesoul Magazine #10 English Edition

dre an former backgammon world champion, the
camera men David a veteran sea Sheppard and
Bastian the northern lights expert. We quickly realised
our combined 18 bags of luggage between
the 5 of us was exceedingly overweight. Fortunately
Geza had already cracked a deal with Air
Greenland airline and accepted all 350kg of luggage.
After not sleeping too well in the hire car, I
slept like a baby the entire flight and woke up just
in time to get the first glimpse of the icebergs.
We landed at Kangerlussuaq airport and layered
up ready for the cold, however I was pleasantly
surprised by the warmth and rapidly returned
back to just my t-shirt. We spent a few hours topping
up our tans followed by the final plane journey
to Ilulissat where we would spend the next
few weeks. During the flight we were blessed with
clear blue skies as we flew over the glacier, which
looked incredible! We arranged a convoy of taxis
to take all 18 bags and us to our apartment,
which overlooked the sea. With a forecast of possible
wind the next day, we didn’t hang about and
got all the kites ready, lines attached ready to be
launched from a boat whilst some of the guys
prepared all the camera kit.
The morning greeted us with a light breeze and
glorious sunshine. After refuelling with hot drinks
and a speedy breakfast, we checked the cameras,
set up the boards and headed down to the harbour
where the boat was awaiting us. We set out
on the boat weaving through the ice and found
the most amazing backdrop filled with icebergs
just a short distance out. We pumped up the 15m
Contra and I plopped in the icy waters with the
Double Agent Foil. I didn’t hang around for long
and swiftly launched and rode out surrounded by