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Stefan van der Kamp doet buiten gewoon verslag.
Hij werkt freelance als verslaggever, (web)redacteur en fotograaf.

That Morning at Haakgat

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The first visitors arrive early in the morning to watch the show. The set is the beach of Haakgat. A spot on the West Cape of South Africa.
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A morning with decent size waves and wind from the right direction.
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It attracts the wave minded kiteboarders. Looking for their extra thrill, besides controlling the kite, managing to ride the wave and hit it in the sweetspot.
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This is RRD teamrider Abel Lago.
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One of the top wave riders of the world with a kite.
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Riding along the line..
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And hitting it at it's most vulnerable point.
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The size is decent. Not the size to go out for a swim.
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But the size to bring out the jetski.
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Shooting the action of the RRD team with local Luke McGillewie showing how it's done.
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And if you see you can't make it...
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...Exit in style.
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This rider was at the top of the game.
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His name is Ralf Bachschuster, riding Cabrinha, and he rides as if the wave is totally predictable. Hitting the sweetspots like he already sorted them out on Google Maps.
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Waiman Hawaii Rider Chris Immers seems to have his hand going along that wall.
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Bachschuster, take a look at his riding if you get the chance to visit the West Coast of South Africa.
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An another sweetspot to smile over when riding back home.
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The wipe-outs in these 3-4-5 meter waves are not the ones you want to experience.
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There was only one girl out that morning. Dutch Suzanne Kuiper taking on the best wave of the day on her backside.
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Dutch Floris-Jan goes for a left-over that tastes pretty good actually.
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Floris goes back for more.
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And gets what he came for.
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Just some example to show you the size of wave that day.
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I say 5.
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Abel for one last exit.
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And then the walk back on the beach. Beautiful morning at Haakgat.

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