L'Almanarre on the Giens peninsula: A mythical spot for kite-surfers and windsurfers, with areas reserved exclusively for kitesurfing.
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L'Almanarre offers an extraordinary playground: in fact, its double tombolo makes it possible to vary practices according to the two prevailing winds, the Mistral (west/northwest) and the easterly.
L'Almanarre owes its reputation to its wind statistics, but also to the windsurfers who have written the spot's history: Erik Thiémé and Pascal Boulanger.
When the wind is westerly [Mistral], there are plenty of top-level windsurfers and kite surfers. Depending on the strength of the wind, the...