Up Africa: An Inside Look At the Kuzi Project | SUP Magazine

To some, the east coast of Africa is as foreign as space. To seasoned adventurers such as Kirk Hollis and Seth Warren, it’s a playground. Hollis, 31, is leading them on the Kuzi Project, covering some 500 miles over two months from Pemba, Mozambique to Zanzibar Tanzania on custom-built paddleboards. They will have the brunt of the seasonal prevailing south-to-north “Kuzi” winds at their backs as they SUP and kiteboard around uninhabited islands, over shallow reefs and northward towards their destination.

Seth Warren SUP surfing the Nile River. Photo: Dan Morton

 

For the South African Hollis, this is familiar territory: he rode his kiteboard through this area in 2011/12 on an 2,500 mile, eight-month expedition from South Africa to Kenya. Warren, 36, has done extended kayaking expeditions in Africa, South America and Alaska. We got in touch with Warren to get his take on getting malaria, making a documentary and taking their time.  Read more; Up Africa: An Inside Look At the Kuzi Project | SUP Magazine