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WEPA Cabarete – May 28 to June 2, 2012

To be held in just a few weeks, WEPA Cabarete is designed to showcase what the town has to offer. Activities for the adventurous or something the whole family can enjoy, Cabarete has it all!

Register, pay your US$150, and you’ll have access to all the scheduled activities for the week. This should not be missed.

Follow the kiting and SUPing action on the Kite Beach Webcam.

Information from the WEPA Cabarete website:

WEPA stands for: Wind Energy Playa Ambience, all the things that make Cabarete what it is today!

It is a non-profit event scheduled to take place on Cabarete beach from Monday 28th of May until Saturday 2nd of June 2012.

WEPA is the fruit of the collaboration between some long time established businesses in Cabarete.

WEPA is a showcase of Cabarete’s uniqueness and a fund raiser, to enable young talented local athletes stars to participate in competitions around the world and promote Cabarete there.

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Cabarete’s 10th Master of the Ocean Event

Coming up in just a few days is the 10th annual Master of the Ocean. Originally a triathlon of water sports including surfing, kitesurfing and windsurfing it now also includes SUP surfing as a 4th sport!

As explained on the Master of the Ocean website:

Master of the Ocean is the world’s most complete watersport competition in four categories, which has created a new class of elite and multi-sport waterman/woman.

As the only competition of its kind, Master of the Ocean challenges the most skilled surfers, windsurfers, kitesurfers and SUP surfers with 5 days of extreme water skills and showcases the best of the Caribbean Northshore near Cabarete, Dominican Republic.

Cabarete is probably one of the best locations in the world for an event like this. Not many places offer great surfing and kiting or windsurfing conditions the same day, every day! This time of year, the surf in Cabarete is in the peak of the wave season, while the wind in Cabarete is starting to come out of the winter storms and into the warmer trade winds of the summer.

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Great SUP surfing conditions at Kite Beach!

If you’re browsing the net early, local Cabarete (Dominican Republic/AST) time, you’ll often find stand up paddle surfers, or SUPers, out in the waves at Kite Beach. They’re a little far away most of the time but you can see them paddling about, catching the waves before the Cabarete trade winds come in.

There are several places to rent boards or get lessons. Stop by Dare2Fly, they have the best selection of boards from beginner to advanced. From 12ft plus cruisers down to 7ft surf style boards, they’re bound to have a board to suit your skill and style.