La Ventanna is well known as Baja’s infamous wind capital. In search of lesser known kiting areas, the City of Lost Barrels, Los Barriles, became our base. Our close friends, Holland and Luna Duell, vegi powered their diesel truck with 200 gallons of fast food grease and drove from Charleston, SC to Baja. They met us there and were our tour guides. Luna awesomely chilled behind the lens while we kited.
While many take advantage of free camping along beaches where rain runs off the mountains (like Holland and Luna), we booked Casa Bonita Vista, an insane modern adobe for 75% less than a similar American rental. A sweet deal as we had a private beach, and private wind.
With the western sunset, we and most others would crash soon after dusk. Waking early, stoked and ready, to intense sun rises. Mornings meant meandering among the desert until noon, when winds hit full strength. Cool air often prompted hoodies and hot drinks.
Baja offers super chill moods, with little to spend your money on. Though getting to and around the peninsula can be costly. Friends made were from the western USA and Canada as we broke out the culinary techniques. Things seemed and felt very safe as we were all there for one thing, wind.
Noth Beach in Los Barriles is becoming one of the hot spots for Baja Kiters as the free camping in the arroyo allows the local instructors to build Palapas in the arroyos and provides a great beach location to park your RV. For more info on kiting instructing contact jeffinbaja@gmail.com and he wil get you hooked up with the best in Baja.