Abika and Achraf met when they were teaching together in Dahkla, Morocco. Abika had been kitesurfing since he was a kid, learning old school tricks in the wavy bay of his home town of Essaouira. He got IKO certified in 2018 and has been teaching since. He decided to come back to his home town, so he could also pursue his second passion of fishing.

When not on the water, Abika can be found at local music clubs, chilling to or playing the sintir (guitar-like instrument) and entertaining crowds with his renditions of traditional Gnawa music.