Sunset over False Bay from the clubhouse patio, with people on the beach and the mountains on the horizon

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Kite, wing and foil off Strand. A rider-run club since 1979.

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Coming up

Commodores’ Gala Dinner

An evening with past and present Commodores, celebrating the club’s history since 1979 and launching Project Horizon, the club’s improvement project. Every guest gets a meal from JJ’s food truck.

Date TBA

Annual General Meeting

Members elect the committee and hear the year’s report. Details will be sent to members.

From cats to kites

We started out on Hobie cats in 1979. The craft changed, the beach didn’t. Today we’re home to kiting, foiling and winging, and just as much about what happens off the water: a social club where the whole family is welcome.

Club history
Hobie Cats lined up on the beach for a regatta The club’s first committee on the beach
The original club badge
Committee members from the club archive Kites laid out on the sand in front of the clubhouse during a 2008 kite event

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