Kitesurfing atBrazil

At the mouth of the Rio Preguiças delta, where the river meets the ocean on the edge of the Lençóis Maranhenses, Atins is a spot caught between two worlds. At low tide broad lagoons spread out mirror-flat, perfect for putting in your first tacks; out to sea the ocean rolls its waves for those who want to play. All around, nothing but the white sand of the dunes and the turquoise water of the lagoons — a backdrop you'll find nowhere else.

Atins moves at its own slow pace, a hamlet on the edge of the delta, ringed by the dunes and lagoons of the Lençóis Maranhenses. Here kiting is split between the flat lagoons at low tide and the ocean waves, in a setting of white sand and turquoise water found nowhere else in Brazil. It's a far corner of the world that riders come to as much for the conditions as for the scenery — easy freeride on the flat, wave play for the rest.