Fortaleza or Rio for kiteboarding and quality of life?

Ceara is not well developped. They are no employee job for foreigners in Ceara that can you give enough to subsist well; R$4000 does not exist here. All expats I know or that I crossed in Fortaleza/Ceara are doing the following
- owner pousada
- owner restaurant
- estate agent
- retired people living on their pension
- owner language school/ particular teacher (difficult to sustain himself with that here)
- a few young kite teacher from all Europe who stay a few years/month at the best because then they are tired to live in the middle of nowhere and being paid nothing (R$600), despite doing kite everyday.
To resume, all people who stayed here opened a business and succeed/or opened a business and accepted to live miserably in order to live in beautiful place.
No employee job because there is no much big hotel and tourist ressort. Certainly better off in Rio for expat.

Thanks so much for the advice.  That's what I also thought, but I am just not sure of the kiteboarding scene in Rio.  I will go there for about a month this Christmas to find out   Thanks again.

If you don't already known about it, I would check out Barra da Tijuca. when I was visiting in January I saw a lot of kite surfing. There was a cafe/resturant on the beach called K08 (ka oito) That seemed like the spot. They have a kite surfing club/school right in front. Barra da Tijuca is off the beat for Rio but seems to be an up and coning neighborhood as the crime levels seem lower there. I think it will get at least more accessible as the metro gets out that way.

Also if you decide to check out Barra and stay over there I have a great airbnb recommendation close to the beach. Super nice guy and great location for checkin it out.

http://www.yelp.com/biz/k08-kite-surf-c … de-janeiro

I hope this helps a little