Kitesoul Magazine #26 International Edition

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RIDER
NICOLAS DELMAS: NOW IS MY TURN TO COACH AND IS SUPER FUN
I started kiting at the age of 12 on the Étang de Thau‘s spot called "Tocs". These are sandbanks
stretching from Sète to Marseillan: it is there that everything began. My father introduced
me to kitesurfing. Since I started, he was very available: every time it was windy, he came to
get me out of school to go training. When there was no wind, we would go wakeboarding to
refine my glide. I appreciate the chance to share this passion with my parents, without them,
I would not be here today.
I must have been 14, I went kiting to Gruissan because the tramontana blows more often
there than at my home spot. I remember that day there were many people, including Raphael
SALLES. I was kiting all day, I landed the 4 tricks that I knew at the time. At the end of the
session, Raphael goes up to my father and offers that I join the F-ONE Family... Seven years
later, I'm still part of the Team! The Next Generation period at F-ONE was a dream for me: to be
able to travel to the most beautiful spots in the world; surrounded by young riders of different
nationalities who shared the same passion for kiting; supervised by Etienne LHOTE. And
at the end, a beautiful movie directed by Olivier SAUTET. I was lucky to live this experience