(7 Aug 2025)
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Artemida, Greece – 07 August 2025
1. Wide shot of kitesurfers and windsurfers sailing on Agios Nikolaos beach
2. Kitesurfer performing aerial
3. Kites in the air
4. Windsurfer sailing through choppy water
5. Kitesurfers
6. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Alexios Limperopoulos, kitesurfer:
“The bigger the jump and the longer you’re in the air, the more intense the feeling of joy this gives you. And then you move up through various levels, tricks. You know, little by little you start to develop it — as much as you want, of course, because it’s something you can keep developing. You progress. You might want to crash, swim, struggle — so the earlier someone starts, especially kids, I encourage parents to get them into the sea early, especially with sports like this. The earlier they start, the more easily they’ll evolve and be even better than us.”
7. Various of kitesurfers and windsurfers sailing on Agios Nikolaos beach
8. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Alexios Limperopoulos, kiteboarder:
"We do this all year round. We make sure to have the right equipment — we have different kinds of wetsuits, with different thicknesses for each season. In the summer, we get the
‘meltemi’ — the Greek wind that blows through the Aegean. It’s very specific; everyone else hates it, but we love it. It usually comes in July and August, so we get heat, lots of wind — it’s great. But I enjoy it in winter too, because we get strong north winds, and there are often sailing bans — so while the seas are off-limits to others, we’re out there — and fewer of us too.”
9. Medium shot of windsurfers
10. Man riding wingfoil
11. Wide of kitesurfers and windsurfers
12. Medium shot of kitesurfers
13. Wide shot of Alexios Limperopoulos performing an aerial
STORYLINE:
Strong August winds swept across Greece’s eastern coastline near Athens on Thursday, drawing dozens of kitesurfers, who performed impressive aerials against a cloudless sky.
With gusts reaching up to 60 kilometers per hour (37 miles per hour), the beach at Agios Nikolaos — a rugged strip east of the Greek capital, near the port of Rafina — transformed into an open-air playground for wind sports enthusiasts chasing the seasonal “meltemi” winds.
“The bigger the jump and the longer you’re in the air, the more intense the feeling of joy this gives you,” said Alexios Limperopoulos, 38, a business owner and longtime kiteboarder who took a break from running his two restaurants to ride the waves.
The meltemi — a dry northern wind that sweeps through the Aegean in summer — is dreaded by ferry passengers and commercial sailors but revered by the tight-knit community of kiteboarders who plan their days, and sometimes their lives, around the weather report.
.”The community is active year-round. Kiteboarders adapt to the changing seasons with wetsuits of varying thickness, braving the cold and winter gales that often shut down ferry routes.
"I enjoy it in winter too, because we get strong north winds, and there are often sailing bans, " Limperopoulos said, "so while the seas are off-limits to others, we’re out there.”
AP Video by Srdjan Nedeljkovic; Production by Derek Gatopoulos
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