The Westfellas

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January 26, 2012
by roirizla
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Interview with LoloBSD aka Laurent

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

January 25, 2012
by MrStrong
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APEXBIRDS

Flysurfer Kiteboarding presents – APEXBIRDS from Flysurfer Kiteboarding on Vimeo.

Great stuff from Flysurfer teamriders Yusca & Lennart. This is how snowkiting is done! Flysurfer in Purple looks sweet!

January 25, 2012
by MrStrong
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Un hooked – secret revealed!

Ben Wilson is giving great tutorial to how to fly your kite off the hook / unhooked.

Jeep kitesurfing instructional – Un-hooking tips from BENWILSONVISION on Vimeo.

Look at his kite is so stable, like it is not there at all. WOW!