Guided downwinders — the coast, point to point.

A downwinder is a point-to-point run: you start at one place up the coast (point A) and ride downwind to a different finish point (point B), covering a stretch of open coastline instead of looping the same patch of water. It's the classic payoff run for riders who can already ride independently — the reward for learning to fly a foil or wing well. Our guided version adds a rescue boat shadowing the group, a coach on the water and a gear shuttle so the logistics are handled.

They're opposites in shape. A Bayoud day is an anchored-spot day: the rescue boat parks on a fixed spot 2–3 km offshore and you ride around it, coming back to it between runs. A downwinder is a moving point-to-point run: nothing is anchored — the rescue boat travels with the group down the coast from A to B, and a gear shuttle handles the fact that you finish somewhere you didn't start. If you want empty flat water to session around a base, that's Bayoud. If you want to cover ground down the coast, that's a downwinder.

Advanced, self-sufficient riders only — kitesurfers, wingfoilers and parawing riders who ride upwind confidently, handle their own gear, water-start reliably and can look after themselves on open water. It is not a lesson and it is not for beginners or students: on a point-to-point run there's no beach to walk back to, so you need to be independent before you go.

Yes. Even though a downwinder goes with the wind, you must be a confident upwind rider before you come — upwind ability is the marker that you can control your line, recover a position and stay with the group. If you're not there yet, that's exactly what our courses and coaching build; a guided downwinder is the goal to work towards, not the place to learn.

It shadows the group. Unlike a Bayoud day where the boat anchors on one spot, on a downwinder the rescue boat moves down the coast with you the whole way — it's your travelling safety net and reference point, staying with the slowest rider and on hand if anyone needs a pick-up. You're never strung out along an empty coast on your own.

Because a downwinder finishes at a different place from where it starts, you'd otherwise be stranded down the coast with your kit. The shuttle solves that: it moves your gear and gets the group back to the Kitepower base after the run, so you can just ride the line and not worry about the logistics of a one-way trip.

Yes — a downwinder suits all three, and one rescue boat and one coach cover a mixed group riding the same line. Bring the friends you want to ride with; the coach keeps everyone together and matches the run to the group and the day's conditions.

Always in advance — at our reception or on WhatsApp (+20 128 888 2047). Tell us your date, who's riding and what you ride (kite, wing or parawing), and confirm you ride upwind confidently. We match the run to the wind and tide, arrange the rescue boat, the coach and the gear shuttle, and confirm the day and the price with you before you commit.

It isn't a fixed ticket. A downwinder depends on the run we choose for the day's wind and tide, the boat, the coach and the shuttle, so we arrange each one individually and quote it for your date. Message us or ask at reception and we'll price your run before you commit.