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We don’t know the trendiest new Hong Kong brunch spot, but we do know our beaches and we have tested out every activity you can do on them. You’re welcome. Although some won’t have their place on this blog.
One of our favourites, when the weather is with us, has to be an afternoon of windsurfing.
Whether you’re a beginner or not quite, Hong Kong is pretty great to sail around. Cheung chau is a nice option but our go-to for windsurfing is Stanley main beach. (Take the 6x from central or… you know, just use citymapper).
You can rent decent kit for $200 an hour from the Hi Wind Lover surf shack down on the beach and the guys running it are pretty cool. They are right next to those dragon boats mega racks. We took a 6m sail and 125L board and wore our Tiles shorts (shameless plug) with a harness and no life-jacket. But you do you. They also have foils too, if you feel like being the cool kid around.
If you want to check the wind conditions, Windfinder is your friend, or Windguru. Wind about 3-4 Bft, south, south east, will give you great fun. More is better but you’ll have to know what you’re about, and won’t need our help anyway.
They also offer lessons (from $800 per hour) seems worthwhile if you’ve not got a clue, or equally if you want to improve that carve jibe for the ladies, or the boys, or your mum. If you’ve got any friends then bring them too and you can split the cost hey.
The inner bay does get pretty busy with boats and watersporters, so beware of the Dragon Boat teams that practice there. You don’t want to be that guy that drops the sail in front of a 5 lane dragon boat race. There are few things in life more stressful than urgently hauling up your sail with a boat full of angry rowers tearing toward you. That guy last time did just that there and that sucked. Not our friend obvs.
Once you get past the headland the ocean is yours. Catch some of the stronger wind blowing through and get some speed up, try out that harness and remember how hard it is to use that thing.
Practice your tricks, fall in plenty, feel the wind in your hair, swallow a litre of sea water. You won’t regret it, or maybe you will.
Or just go find a trendy brunch spot and get hammered, whatevs
Stanley main beach
Windsurfing - Wind 3 - 4 Bft south, south east
Hi Wind Lover - call or whatsapp 62265390
https://www.hiwindlover.com/
