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Slide on water and fly through the air ... all pulled by a kite. That is the beauty of the kite. Recently I discovered one of its best French representatives, Jeremie Eloy. Born in the north, he discovered the slides by making surfing in Britain. His thunderbolt came when kitesurfing a World Cup held in Dunkirk.

Jeremiah, 32, is professionally for several years. In addition to being one of the few kite surfers to live in his discipline, he is also one of the few to ride in the heart of wave ... which is spectacular. His search of the finest pipe leads to the four corners of the world. He realizes with the help of its sponsors many stories to promote her sport. He has collaborated several times with Nicolas Hulot for emissions
Ushuaia
. He also practices snowkiting: Snow! His website is filled with beautiful pictures and movies! Petite interview and video clips here!

Kitesurfing in a few words? Freedom, speed, flight, power ... A bit like a video game, it goes where you want: you can jump 10 meters, slide on modules, ride big waves .. It is quickly dimmed, and we quickly became addicted!

What do you feel when the kite take you through the air?

On a big jump, the first thing is the silence, there is no noise, one can easily hear people talking on the beach, birds ... it's pretty calm. It usually happens 6 to 10 seconds in the air, just enough to have the sensations of flight. On a technical leap to make, close to the wakeboard, it's more a feeling of speed and power.

And when you return to the surface of the water?

all depends on the receipt, you can land softly. But if you make a mistake, you take yourself a good slap! Sometimes I would stay longer in the air, and spend as much time on the water than in air.

Can you describe the sensation of speed?

is a sport where one is free, it was just a plank foot and a bar in front of you. As soon as you accelerate, you let yourself be carried away by the atmosphere, the water running. I have no idea of my speed. But we're sailing in general around 25 knots (50 mph). The record is over 100 km / h. In my practice, the goal is not to go faster, even if there is a notion of performance, but to ride the best waves.

Intro RIDERS MATCH from
jeremie eloy
on Vimeo

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Only a kite knows the feeling. from
jeremie eloy on

Vimeo .

Snowkite Eiffel Tower, Happy new year 2011 from jeremie eloy on Vimeo .

© Photo de Jérémie prise par Francisco Valerio, juin 2010, Portugal.
The Barcelona World Race, round the world sailing non-stop takes place at this time. Since his departure on December 31, I wanted to talk about race because it has the feature of being held as a duo, what fascinates me ... Finally, I want to say a few words this evening for a Another reason ...
I just discovered a detail of the racing rules of sailing that was unknown to me. This is the joker "stealth mode". It appeared in late 2009.
It allows sailors to disappear from screens radars and scoring officials during a given period, according to different races. Their position known to the race director for obvious safety issue, is hidden from their opponents. The skippers and can hide at key moments, their choice of course, their options, weather ... The number of wild cards is limited, even some unique races, an entire strategy to use at the right time! The invisibility, and thus the hoax, adding excitement to the race.

In the BWR, this mode "ghost" can be used
36 hours
4 times in the race. Michel Desjoyeaux and François Gabart have asked yesterday for
Foncia
. Full fight with
Virbac-Paprec 3 Jean-Pierre Dick and Loïc Peyron

in the South Atlantic, they are at the approach of the 40th ... they will reappear at 5am Tuesday morning score. Here what they say:

"In fact, quite funny This stealth mode, whichever way you are. When is the one that hides itself, we try to imagine where it goes while we do what we want. And when it's us, we imagine that imagine what we do, imagining that it can be different from what you think. Clearly, we do not know and we'll see! "



© Michel Desjoyeaux www.teamfoncia.com