| Geboren am | 18 /09/1982 |
| Geburtsort | Paris / France |
| Lebt in | Summer (June to September) "ile de ré" on a boat for kitesurf
Winter "serre chevalier" close to the lautaret pass for snowkite
few month in Paris in autumn and spring for Mountainboard |
| Größe / Gewicht | 1.68m |
| Job | I would describe myself as a real chameleon: I'm a personal trainer specialized in injured athletes rehabilitation and manage a coaching society in Paris "http://be-pure.org"
but during the season I’m sailing and swimming teacher or ski and snowkite teacher... |
| Was läuft auf deinem Ipod? | I used to listen lot's of Hip hop when I was young, but since few years I’m more Ragga-reggae and electro... when I write these lines I listen the last sound of "Flox", "Pupajim" and Sizzla !!! |
| Lieblingsspot | it's very difficult because it's nowhere the same on land, snow and water:
- Water: it's a spot called "Grignon" in Ile de Ré where lots of windsurfers like Antoine Albeau ride... waves, flat and freeride with NW to SW.
- Snow: "Cerviéres" in French Alpes. 15 minutes from Briancon you have lots of freeride to do, lots of hill to fly and also use them without the kite and there are many places for freestyle !!!
- Land: "Bondoufle" in south of Paris next to "Courcouronnes". A mountain board spot with two big hills we can use in with a southern wind direction. |
| Lieblingskite | It depends on the discipline I am doing, Psycho4 12m² for freestyle and Speed3 15m² for very light wind, flying and racing. But I usually use a Psycho4 in 12m²... that's really a good kite, because I even used it in more than 30 knots on flat water and can give me snowkite sessions in 5 or 6 knots... I use the deluxe version and I’m very happy because it's really strong and never breaks on land or snow. |
| Lieblingsboard | I use the Radical M in all conditions and a Flydoor just for races. |
| Bester Trick | I really, really do more kiteloop backloops than anything else because I really like the feeling of the kite pulling me through a kiteloop when I see the sky... You can do 2 rotations or a grab or just a regular transition during the kiteloop and have your huge acceleration at 5 meter height !!! |
| Lieblingsfilm | One of my best recent movie is "wanted" and an old one is "Usual Suspect" because some simple guys can in fact be special !!! |
| Lieblingsgetränk | Cause of my sailing experience, I have been sailing since I’m 17years old I really like Rum, especially the "Damoiseau", you know the rum Carabians say they can stop drinking when the two guys touch the ground (but they never do ;) ) Try it with honey and some yellow lemon it's crazy !!! |
| Deine besten Ergebnisse | 2nd in World Snowkite Championship Freestyle 2010 |
| Noch Mehr? | I was 2nd in the 2009 MTB French Championship
and 2nd in freestyle and race during the 2009 Snowkite French Championship |
| Weitere Sponsoren | I ride for Xshape Mountainboards... Less weight than most other Mountainboards and personal custom boards are possible.
I ride for Elan ski’s... For race and freestyle Elan help me to be the best I can in my practice.
I ride for Uvex goggles and glasses.
I ride for Hannah, this is a winter outdoor equipment brand.
and I can’t forget the federation of kite from Paris which help me with the competitions. |
| Warum kitest du mit Flysurfer? | The first time I saw the flysurfer website in Paris I was riding a 5m² beamer... and wanted to buy a Pulse1 5m² and I said that's the kite I want for snowkite, mountainboard and kitesurfing. 2 years later when the French Distributor contacted me I was really happy to have one kite for all conditions. I discovered the Psycho3 and really loved it.
Other thing that’s very important, I’m a pro rider but need to work during the week, to fulfill my bills, so I can ride everyday but not overly much... 3hours, sometimes 1 hour so I need something with very quick preparation time. After 3 years with Flysurfer I0 never had problems with lines or bridles because I always pack it up the same way at the end of my sessions. |
| Über dich selbst | eh... about me. Nothing else to say just one thing maybe: I'm the rider I am today because I chose this and I never regret my choice, even when I sometimes realize I’ve lost other things. And it's also because I'm with a very good team, "KITE UNIT" with my friend Midi, Nico the French Flysurfer distributor, Maury, Fred, Francis the creator of our movies, Wreck... thanks to all !! And to Finish: "KiTe Fly UniT SuRfeR One Love" |
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