Windsurfing Challenge in Balok
Advice and GuideHave you heard about Balok? It is a name associated with excitement, big waves and madness. A group of windsurfers from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia tried surfing in Balok during the monsoon season in the 1980s and got hooked. They returned every year and only during the monsoon season when the winds can reach speeds of between eight knots and twenty knots per hour. The locals in Balok called the surfers mad young men for most tourists avoid the east coast of Malaysia during the monsoon season when torrential rains, storms and floods are typical. Well, extreme sports enthusiasts go forth where others turn back from fear or self-doubt. The surfers call their annual pilgrimage the Monsoon Madness Windsurfing Challenge. It has become an international not-to-be-missed event for surfing enthusiasts worldwide.
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