Kitesurfing atBrazil

Two hours west of Fortaleza, Flecheiras is a fishing village that has stayed quiet on the Costa dos Ventos. A reef sitting five hundred metres offshore shapes the whole spot: at low tide it leaves behind flat, pool-like pockets, at high tide it lets the chop and a beach break build, while the river delta holds smooth water for freestyle. One stretch of water with several moods, all set by the tide.

Flecheiras keeps the feel of a small fishing village: few riders on the water, an easy-going mood, well away from the crowds of the busier Ceará spots. It's also a central link in a fine downwind run of about twenty-five kilometres, from the Guajiru and Trairi sandbank through Flecheiras and on to Emboaca and Mundaú; the wind road also leads toward Icaraizinho. Between the flat delta, the reef pools and the beach break, every tide builds a different spot.