If there is a destination that should be in your bucket list, it should be Iceland. No more is it just a landmass you flew over en route to Europe — blame those sneaky Vikings who, according to the legend named Iceland as such in order to keep everyone else away. But the secret is out! Rent a camper and get going! A place that will surpass even you’re most grandiose expectations, if you can handle kiting and paddling the frigid waters, you’ll feel the magic of being in nature’s finest.
For more incredible Icelandic imagery, read Iceland Wide Open — a story from our Winter Issue — The Exotikite cowboys leave the arid Baja landscape for a trip of a lifetime through Iceland’s endless pastoral backcountry, discovering a raw world of mist and color in Iceland’s untapped kitesurfing frontier. Iceland is an untapped kitesurfing heaven that’s wide open. Available here for free.