Kaboom! Reo Stevens gets launched by backwash

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Kaboom!That's some serious backwash...

Wouldn’t you love to be Reo Stevens right now. He’s aboard the Cabrinha Quest, (formerly known as the Best Odyssey) which is an ocean going catamaran that does a constant tour of the globe.

Already this year they’ve been to Polynesia (remember it’s only February) and now they’re docked in Chile. Aboard is Reo Stevens, a professional kiteboarder from the North Shore of Oahu, and he’s chasing waves. Big ones, gnarly ones and fast ones. And then there’s this, a monster that’s turned back on itself and erupted at least ten meters straight up. Would you get amongst this?

He did! And according to Reo it was all-time, even though he did get worked a few times while trying to get air off it.

Southern Chile is well known for its hostile conditions, with severely cold temperatures and unpredictable weather making surfing hard, but kitesurfing harder! Meanwhile the northern beaches in Chile have been likened to Tahiti and the more tropical islands in the Pacific. It’s presumed that’s where the Cabrinha Quest is heading next, so stay tuned to see what Cabrinha and NP release from Reo’s adventures in South America…