Continuing on from the great interview we had last week with Chris Krug we decided to try and interview all our Hero’s this year & this week, we have yet another special interview with the our favourite fearless Frenchman LoloBSD. Before I made contact with Laurent, I asked 2 of his other great fans, MrStrong & Raf if they had anything they wanted to ask him. Enjoy guys.
Exclusive Westfellas interview with Laurent aka LoloBSD
Hi Westfellas crew !
First I want to thank you guys for your support and to follow my kite adventures, as I follow yours 
So, let’s see your questions!
Raf: yeah ask him how the f$&@ he stays that long in the air?
Does he have a proper guide for big airs?
To Raf:
1st : The timing is really important to do big airs.
2nd : Pray for “Eole” every night & day to give you the power to do BIG AIRS and go higher and higher
3rd : Take big kite in strong wind and disconnect your brain
MrStrong: Ask him if he was scared when he first went big, what are his tips for going big & besides Flysurfers, does he have other favorite kites?
To Mr Strong:
The 1st time I went big was on my biggest hill gliding ever done on land, on one of my hill glidings spot at “Bondoufle”. I was enough high to see all the forest behind the spot 10 meters under my feet…I tried to concentrate on my kite and did it well, when I landed I was soooo scared…too much adrenaline. after this one no other one can scare me so it’s cool
Here is the big one:
My advice to go BIG :
- Be very carefull of your material (lines, chicken loop, bridles etc evrything ) check all your material before you go big, you can risk your life on a big air or big glide.
- If you want to go big you have to train a lot to have a good feeling in the air, and of course have a lot of good wind ! You progress easily when you ride on a good spot with clean wind
From your videos, it looks like you have a great session every other day. If you had to pick your favorite video to illustrate the session of your life which one would it be?
Sorry mate I can’t choose a video to illustrate the session of my life because every day is a Super Kite Day on my spots
Why do you prefer Xshape boards over other popular makes?
Xshape kite board in action
At the beginning I was riding with an MBS mountainboard, and I met “Skully” (Xshape shaper), then I did some kite sessions with him and he show me his own longboards…. Months later he began to create mountain boards, and I thought it was really cool to ride with my friend’s board because it was a manual shape and I liked it Now Skully has his own “shaper workshop” and I LOVE his boards, the last one, the Hardcore 3d, is SICK ! for me it’s the ultimate freestyle kite landboarding board. The Carbon & wood mix is really cool, it’s light and strong at the same time…..
To resume: I prefer riding my home shaper board than the big industrie’s board. I love manual quality
Your hill gliding videos are inspirational! Imagine you saw a Westfella at the top of your hill at that secret spot getting ready for their first hill glide, what would you tell them?
Good luck dude lol Don’t be scared, stay concentrate! Let the kite over your head and let it fly PS: don’t forget kites are not built to do hill glidings, I say again be very carefull and check your material before you do this.
When did you get into kiting and why? Do you hit the water at all?
Photographer: Roland Fawcett
The 1st time I saw a kite landboarder was on my first spot in my town (Chantilly), I was walking with my dog on the spot and I saw this guy with a big kite, and I remember I thought that was super sick, but sounds like super expensive sport…so I forgot it.
Next Christmas my dad gave me my 1st mtb, it was nice present, then I bought a kite (beamer hq 3m), and another bigger… I began alone…6 months later I met a guy (Smoothy Man) on the spot, which was beginer too, but more advanced than me, then he decided to create the CKC ( Chantilly Kite Community ), and the story began !
Yes I do kitesurfing, I really enjoy kitesurfing ( waves and flat ), I have very nice beaches on sea 2 hours by car from my home, so I often go there for big kite looping sesh
Do you work out or do yoga to stay so nible?
I’m a roller-skating instructor, I have a french sport certificate on roller-skating street & half-pipe. I work in a big skatepark in Paris called “EGP18″, I work there as roller-skating instructor. I work only 3 days a week, so I have lot of free days to ride, it’s really cool because I ride all days…now I realise I have the life I used to dream when I was younger, live my life with riding ! I’m not as rich as a engineer or something like that, but I’m pretty happy to do what I like
If you could change on thing about the Flysurfer Speed 3 what would it be?
I would like to put my nickname on it lol “BSD prokite”…but no nothing to change, I love this kite
Finally, if you could have a kiting date with your favorite female kiter who would it be and what freestyle move would you use to impress her?
It would be my girlfriend ( Anne BSD ) and would do a big mega loop double d*ck grab to impress her for life !
Thanks
Thanks to you guys for this interview, and hope to ride with you soon in UK
Thanks to my partners
Flysurfer Kiteboarding: http://www.flysurfer.com/
X-shape: http://xshape.over-blog.com/
Babakite prokite shop: http://www.babakite.com/
and big up to my kite mates :
CKC: http://c-k-c.blogspot.com/
T2K: http://www.t2k.fr/
SKD
Kite Unit: http://kite-unit.com/
AKIF: http://akifkite.fr/-
and to finish, stay tuned on my channel for more SKDays: http://lolobsdkiteboarding.blogspot.com/
Cheers,
lolo
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Is it any wonder the Westfellas are massive fans of this guy, his SKD & Youthriders affiliation?
Laurent, thanks for taking the time to do this interview & hope to fly with you during this year.
All the best and sweet winds!
roirizla
Here’s Lolo’s latest kick ass video
