A series of articles related to my personal thoughts on kitesurf, the way we practice it, and on sport and travel in general.
Lords of Tram took place last month, and this year the biggest Big Air competition in France is a World tour event organized by the BAKL (Big Air Kitebaording League). My role this year was as unexpected as it was rewarding! After judging the competition for two years, this time, for personal reasons, I [...]
The year 2020 is a watershed year that has upended the way we view and conceive of our existences. Some businesses have taken advantage of it, others are paying the harsh consequences. Wise or not, I decided at the end of the year to start my own kitesurfing school, Triderland, aware that I would [...]
Why did I decide to create my kitesurfing school, Triderland, in a year like 2020-2021? Why start a new "physical" activity in such an uncertain time as this? What made me choose? The questions are reasonable, and several times I did take a break to analyze the situation. But on the other hand, there [...]
At that very moment that I step into the water and I have to perform a new trick, my heart is racing and there are many ideas going through my head. I review the tutorials, I imagine the sequence, but I also visualize the falls and the problems that I may run into. The [...]
Walking barefoot appears today as an ancestral and retrograde usage. Hygiene, health/accident, and ease/comfort are the three weapons that support the idea of progress and the paramount importance of footwear. But then why are there so many people and philosophies of thought that tend to extol the benefits of walking barefoot, or more generally [...]
In a difficult year, disrupted by the health care crisis, sporting events are one of the categories that has suffered the most. Restrictive rules and continuous bans have discouraged most of the organizers from giving life to their events. One of the few competitions to have been confirmed in the kite industry, and which [...]
It is reductive to say that kiting is a dangerous sport and I believe that the issue deserves a deeper reflection! As an outdoor sport, it is normal that it involves risks. It is therefore necessary to act and practice in a conscious way to limit them and keep them under control as much [...]
The beaches stay closed: what should we infer from this? The beaches stay closed, that's the decision. The explanation given to us is the following: "the migratory flow from the regions at risk must be stopped, and not being able to control all movements, it is necessary to suppress the desire for movement". [...]
A competition should be a way to push your own limits and face loyally others atheletes of your discipline. Unfortunately, when other interests, other than sport, come into play, it changes. Competition assumes a prevalently economic value and loyalty and friendship are overwhelmed by deception and grudge, and everything it seemed to be allowed [...]