{"id":24025,"date":"2019-05-20T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-21T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/steamboat-locals-kiteboard-along-brazilian-coast\/"},"modified":"2019-05-20T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-21T04:00:00","slug":"steamboat-locals-kiteboard-along-brazilian-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/steamboat-locals-kiteboard-along-brazilian-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Steamboat locals kiteboard along Brazilian coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"5.9888888888889\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-366166-112\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Kiteboard-SDN-052119-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Kiteboard-SDN-052119.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy photo |\" class=\"h-100\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Kiteboard-SDN-052119.jpg\" alt><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Kiteboard-SDN-052119-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Kiteboard-SDN-052119-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy photo | Flying high over Brazil.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Flying high over Brazil.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Kiteboard-SDN-052119-1.jpg\" alt=\"Flying high over Brazil.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Kiteboard-SDN-052119-2-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Kiteboard-SDN-052119-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy photo | Try this trip, and you'll need a sag wagon.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"8\">\n<p><strong>Try this trip, and you&#8217;ll need a sag wagon.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Kiteboard-SDN-052119-2.jpg\" alt=\"Try this trip, and you'll need a sag wagon.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Kiteboard-SDN-052119-3-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Kiteboard-SDN-052119-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Courtesy photo | Flying high over Brazil.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Flying high over Brazil.<\/strong><br \/>Courtesy photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/Kiteboard-SDN-052119-3.jpg\" alt=\"Flying high over Brazil.\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/steamboat-locals-kiteboard-along-brazilian-coast\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/steamboat-locals-kiteboard-along-brazilian-coast\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Some people might sail, sea kayak or even bike 350 miles along the South American coastline. But kiteboard?<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">That\u2019s what locals Kurt Casey and Ken Walsh \u2014 along with Casey\u2019s cousin Brad, a kite instructor from Florida \u2014 did this past fall, using their kiteboards for tacking transportation as they worked their way up the coast of Brazil on platforms barely bigger than an ironing board.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The threesome started the trip in Taiba and finished 570 kilometers north in At\u00edns. On the easier stretches, they brought along water, snacks and credit cards, with a friend following in a Toyota Hilux providing land support. Whenever possible, he\u2019d shuttle clothes and other overnight gear to them for their night\u2019s stay. But that wasn\u2019t always feasible.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cUnfortunately, he couldn\u2019t always get to the beach to meet us,\u201d Casey said. \u201cSometimes he had to cross river mouths on ferries or go inland a ways to find a road or bridge.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Casey said they tried to plan their days using Google Earth imaging, searching for villages with food and lodging they could stay at after packing up their sails.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cLuckily, it all worked out pretty well,\u201d he said. \u201cThey were spread apart pretty evenly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">The biggest day, he adds, was crossing the Parnaiba Delta, a national park extending for miles without any civilization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIt\u2019s a massive delta, which forced us to cross 85 kilometers of open ocean,\u201d Casey said. \u201cWe carried food and water in backpacks, hoping the wind wouldn\u2019t change and leave us stranded or that we wouldn\u2019t have some kind of gear malfunction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">In all, they kiteboarded across three states on their journey: Ceara, Piau\u00ed and Maranh\u00e3o. The biggest dangers, he said, were dodging fish nets and fish traps as well as being wary of sting rays, mangroves, big waves and sharp coral reefs. They also had to closely monitor changing wind conditions and deal with rapid tide fluctuations, which could leave them high and dry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">Casey said the trip worked out pretty well, save for his feet, which he admits \u201cgot pretty chewed up from abrasion from sand in the footstraps.\u201d But even that\u2019s not deterring him from making a repeat visit this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"STND-STND BodyText\">\u201cIf not the same route, we\u2019re thinking of at least trying to do some sort of variation of it,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a pretty fun way to travel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/news\/sports\/steamboat-locals-kiteboard-along-brazilian-coast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy photo Flying high over Brazil.Courtesy photo Try this trip, and you&#8217;ll need a sag wagon.Courtesy photo Flying high over Brazil.Courtesy photo Show CaptionsHide Captions Some people might sail, sea kayak or even bike 350 miles along the South American coastline. But kiteboard? That\u2019s what locals Kurt Casey and Ken Walsh \u2014 along with Casey\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24025","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 02:18:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}