Kitesurfing in kenya First thing every morning, jamie hockley checks the palm trees outside the window of his cottage. "If they're doubled over, i say to myself, 'let's go kite!'" Sand devils plumes of sand created when the wind picks up are another good sign for hockley, who lives on galu beach, a two kilometre stretch of soft white sand that's part of diani beach on the indian ocean, some 25 kilometres south of the coastal city of mombasa. Hockley does kitesurfing, an extreme wind and water sport that's rapidly gaining popularity from the pacific and indian oceans to the st.Lawrence river.He uses a huge inflatable kite and straps his feet into a small board similar to a water skiing wakeboard.The kite propels him over the waves and sometimes as high as 10 metres up into the air. "The beauty of the sport is the freedom.It's complete escape,"Says hockley, cheap ralph lauren ... Read more »