The World’s Longest Kite Surfing Wave
A LITTLE-KNOWN PERUVIAN GEM OFFERS THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE. BY BRIAN wheeler
Does two leg-burning
minutes on a 1.25-mile-long, near-perfect, continuously peeling, overhead aquatic canvas sound like an absolute, unbelievable fantasy?
It isn’t Experiencing this kite surfing nirvana requires neither hitting the lottery nor the gift of lucid dreaming. All you need is a plane ticket to the Land of Long Lefts—Peru— and directions to Pacasmayo,
IF YOU RIDE A GOOD ONE ALL THE WAY THROUGH, YOU HAVE TO PAUSE MIDWAY TO BREATH AND STRETCH OUT
Stacked nearly to the horizon when the swell starts pumping, Pacasmayo’s magical lines of energy originate far across the Pacific, ultimately hammering the lighthouse point every 15 to 20 seconds. But unless you caught wind of the Pacasmayo Kite Surf Pro this past September—one of the KSPs three 2011 “dream tour" World Championship Kite Surfing stops—you've probably never heard of this remarkably longwave.
Four hundred and twenty miles north of Lima, in a small town where a cement factory and the sea employ a bulk of the population, wind and waves grace this obscure left- hand point break throughout the year, with the prime season running June to October.
A popular training ground for Brazil's kite surfing elite- such as Milla Knesse-Ferreira