BACKGROUND
I always lived close to the sea with my parents in Brittany. They have a business selling seafood, lobster and crabs to the big supermarkets locally. I began windsurfing when I was eleven with my two brothers just in front of our home. I followed the traditional windsurf racing path, starting with upwind and downwind racing. My first important trophy was a third place in the French Championship in the BIC 293 class, I will never forget it! I have been very lucky to have the support of my parents; they helped me a lot in my early career. Also, my brother Alexandre competes on the PWA world tour (Editor’s note – Alexandre is the 2019 PWA Men’s Foil Racing vice world champion!), so we’re a proper windsurf family. I decided to compete in slalom after doing three years of RS:X. After school I went to a business college in Brest close to my home in Brittany. I was there for five years to get my master’s in business studies. Now I live in St. Barts in the winter where my husband is from. We stay there from December to March and then the rest of the year I am in Brittany or at events. It is easier to be in Europe to compete and travel to competitions.
WORLD TITLE NUMBER FOUR
This story is from the Issue 396 - August 2020 edition of Windsurf.
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This month we look at how our front foot weighting can affect and improve different aspects of our main windsurfing moves.
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Nik tweaking it over home waters.
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