
Riding The Lakes Over The Ocean: Kiteboarding Faroe Island
Turquoise water, coconuts and palmtrees’s are trending. People flocking to paradise to fill their instagram feeds with smoothie breakfast bowls and bikini shots… Well, one thing was sure.. we wanted none of that!
The idea came about in Cape Town over summer, everyone was booking their tickets to Bali, Tarifa, Cabarete.. Don’t get me wrong, spending a week in boardies and a Bintang tank top is tempting, but we wanted something new, something real, something to remember… Continue Reading →

Graham Howes: Kitesurfing and Surfing Namibia
An African Winter
As winter approaches in Cape Town, I am repeatedly asked “So where in the world are you off to next?”. In the past there has always been a fantastical answer ‘Bali, Mauritius, Dubai”, somewhere tropical… This year my answer was simple and a lot less glamorous. Continue Reading →

Dirty Habits X Flexfit
Dirty Habits®/Flexfit®
The Dirty Habits Snapback is our flagship product, it’s forms a crucial part of the Squad Uniform, you will rarely find one of the crew not wearing one, so why we teamed up with the best Snapbacks in the business FLEXFIT® to make a limited run of a fresh design, straight outa Cape Town

DIRTY HABITS X MYSTIC Collaboration
Just over a year ago, I was was packing my car for a big air training session, a few days prior to the start of the Red Bull King of the Air, Max Blom, the owner of Mystic pulled up in my driveway to drop off Continue Reading →

Kiteboarder Nick Jacobsen Jumps off Burj Al Arab Hotel
Nick Jacobsen has jumped off one of the most iconic buildings in the World, Nick jumped off the helipad of the 1000ft hotel and landed safely in the Arabian Gulf.
Dirty habits : Episode 1 – Halloween Jam
Dirty Habits Launches Episode 1
Dirty Habits hosted the 1st annual Halloween Kite Jam, Downwinder in Cape Town. Continue Reading →
Dirty Habits Launches New Web Series
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Dirty Habits Launches new Web Series filmed in Cape Town, with the Dirty Habits Crew teaming up with some of the Dirtiest Athletes In the world as we party, kite and push the limits in different extreme sports. Continue Reading →
Dirtiest Summer in Cape Town: Dirty Habits Latest Video
The Dirty Habits Crew is a group of professional athletes from around the world, who chase the sun to Cape Town and other parts of the world to push each other to the extreme limits in performance, stunts, and taking day-to-day activities to the next level. We also feature friends and other professional athletes.. surfers, kiteboarders, stuntmen, skateboarders, wakeboarders,, adventure filmmakers, freedivers, and big wave surfers. Continue Reading →

Dirty Habits Halloween Kite Jam
Dirty Habits hosted the 1st annual Halloween Kite Jam, Downwinder in Cape Town.
Although the wind didn’t really play along, it had the most WILD day to say the least, everyone dressed up to the max (mainly in drag) and the vibe was pretty crazy, Continue Reading →

Dirty Habits Drops New Swag
We are stoked to present the new Dirty Habits Clothing Range just in time for summer. The new threads will keep you looking Fresh this summer with unique artist collections and boardriders range. If you feel happy with your 2 feet on a board.. and you wanna join the crew.. you need to get in this gear now.
That Time Shawn Watson, Kevin Henshaw & Jimmie LeRiche Went to Africa
Shawn Watson, Kevin Henshaw and Jimmie LeRiche came to Cape Town to Party, ride and explore Cape Town with The Dirty Habits Crew.
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Dirty Habits Crew Score Rare Righthand Point Break
The Dirty Habits Crew spent 12 hours in the car for the chance to have 1 good session at a right point break that needs a certain rare swell and wind to work, This place is by no means a secret anymore, but the fact that it is so fickle and need a very very specific swell direction to break and a certain tide, it doesn’t work of long.. sometime only just a couple hours a day, a few days a year. Continue Reading →
We caught Twiggy on a solo surf at a heavy Weskus reef
Graham Howes and Darryl Partington were driving along a dirt road up the Weskus (wild stretch of coast North of Cape Town) searching for waves, when they spotted Grant ‘Twiggy’ Baker standing on a big dune watching some heavy bombs detonating on reef Continue Reading →
Dirty Habits Crew invited to Join Worlds Top Kiters in Red Bull King of The Air 2016
A handful of the Dirty Habits crew including founder Graham Howes and International sensation Nick Jacobsen, are amongst the list of the worlds top 24 riders to be invited to compete in the most extreme Kiteboarding contest, the 2016 Red Bull King of the Air.
Dirty Habits Paragliding in Cape Town
Graham Howes and the Dirty Habits crew went for a Paraglide with Fly Cape Town.
the conditions were perfect and we were able to jump of the iconic Lions Head and use the wind to clim up to 1000ft before performing some Acro stunts on the way down to the landing in Camps Bay.
Addicted to Big Air – Graham Howes
So we tried a different take on this year Red Bull King of the Air video.. Yes it’s a little deep.. a little too pretty.. and a little long.. So if you don’t like the sound of my voice skip to 1:00 mark for some big air Cape Town Action. Strong wind is what keeps me alive.
 
Shout our to Cedric Riom for his creative energy and difference approach to this edit.
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Nick Jacobsen: 5 days in Cape Town with Dirty Habits
Nick Jacobsen took a quick break from his chaotic schedule of traveling the world. Between Maui, California, Mauritius and Zanzibar and Europe in the last month, he took a break and booked a ticket to Cape Town to hang with the Dirty Habits crew and see what Cape Town was like in the winter time. Well it couldn’t have been a better week, with The South Easter pumping, the surf cooking and some of the local riders enjoying the Town to themselves. This Video was the outcome.
Dirty Habits Golf Day featuring Maverick the Goose
The Dirty Habits crew hit the golf course after a big night out.
What we didn’t expect was to be attacked by a Goose, only to have him join us for the remaining 8 holes.
Dirty Habits Base Jumping Cape Town
Dirty Habits Joins one of the Dirty boys, Jason Baker, George Schoonraad, Bev, Al, Paki and Cookie on a early morning BASE jump off of the Sentinal Mountain in Houtbay, overlooking Dungeons big wave spot.
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