Who is he?
Nickname / Age
No nickname! / 27 years old
Favourite sports / Spots
Sports rescue (kayaking, running, paddleboarding, sea swimming), swimming, swimrun, surfing, wakeboarding, tennis, skiing, athletics... / La Nord, Hossegor
Year of start of practice / Number of years of practice
"Since 2004 with Hossegor Sauvetage Côtier (soon to be 20 years old).
Awards / Trophies
World Championships :
- 3th world in board rescue (2022)
- 6th world in board (2022)
- 7th world beach flags (2016)
- 13th world in board (2016)
European Championships :
- European champion in sprint and beach flags (2021)
- European vice-champion in board and kayak (2021)
- Winner of the European Beach Flags Tour in 2019
- European Athlete of the Year 2019 (CDC and FFSS)
12 French Championships
- 5-time French Sprint champion (2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2023)
- 3-time French Board champion (2016, 2017 and 2023)
- French Board Long Distance Champion (2023)
- French Beach Flags champion (2018)
- French 2Km champion (2022)
- French overall champion (2017)
- French Athlete of the Year 2017 (CDC and FFSS)
Other results
- Triple winner of the Board at the Oceanperf Challenge, three years running (2021, 2022 and 2023)
- Winner of the Beach Flags at the Oceanperf Challenge in 2019
What do the ocean and your water activities bring you?
"The ocean is a rather special playing field. Conditions change and are never the same. You never manage to reproduce exactly the moves or technical points you've worked on previously, you constantly have to adapt to the conditions and every day in the ocean is a new way of learning. Lifesaving sport in competition allows me to find a balance in my day (professional life) but above all it allows me to be trained in the best possible way to come to the aid of people in danger as a lifeguard for the town of Hossegor but also in everyday life".
Who inspires you?
"My role models in lifesaving sport are Julien Lalanne and Baptiste Sochon.
What do you do when you're not in the water?
"I coach for Hossegor Sauvetage Côtier or run on the sand (you're never far from the ocean).
Why Mellow Sea?
"Mellow Sea's values of making water sports accessible to all fit in perfectly with my approach to lifesaving sport and the quest for performance to help people. The principle of helping everyone to get to grips with the ocean is important to me, but it starts right from the start with adapting the equipment for everyone to make access to the ocean easier".
Favourite Mellow Sea product?
"The range short John because it allows you to practice in optimum comfort".
Motivational advice?
"You should never put off until tomorrow what can be done today.
