Sailing – Discovery Center, Kep West: Kep Takes to the Skies, Meet the Pioneers

At Kep, two passionate expats are laying the groundwork for a kitesurf community at the Sailing – Discovery Center of Kep West. Frédéric Seynaeve and Gérard Vann tell us their story.

Kitesurfing on the choppy waters of the sea near Kep, with the mountains of the Cambodian coast in the background

At Kep, two passionate expats are laying the groundwork for a kitesurf community at the Sailing – Discovery Center of Kep West. Frédéric Seynaeve and Gérard Vann tell us their story.

There's something in the air at Kep. Literally. For the past few months, colourful kites have been rising above the open sea, carried by a summer wind that insiders have long known about but the wider public is only just beginning to discover. Behind those wings, two men: Frédéric Seynaeve, a Belgian who has made Kep his permanent home, and Gérard Vann, a Swiss-Cambodian who returned to his roots five years ago. Together, they are writing a new chapter in the nautical history of this quiet seaside town.

Frédéric Seynaeve and a fellow rider carve through the waves near the mangrove shores of Kep West

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