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Bruno Sroka, the kiteracer from Brittany, arrived, he looks pretty excited, he’s waiting to ride this wave since one year, and looks like it’s the D-day.
We called Ronan Gladu a young talented and very motivated photographer, is on the way, with a cameraman and his father.
I rig the 9 meters vegas, and take the rocketfish 5′ 5, some huge seagrass are playing with my lines, and i just throw them as far as i can. I’m nervous, we will be the first two kitesurfers to ride here, and we really don’t know what to expect !!!
The spot is hidden behind an island, 500 meters from the shore. i try to find it with my eyes while i’m sliding in my wetsuit, just to not think that i’m naked, and freezing my whole body.
A sketchy launch, with all the seagrass in my lines, looks like they want to come with me and have fun.
I finally arrived on the spot, the photographer Ronan Gladu is there with his father a famous diving film maker with Amaury Plantec from the website CHS prod, and Gregory, they looks like some boat people lost since few days in the worst sea you can imagine. I stopped close to them and they all smile, ready to have some action.
The wave is splendid, digs, malicious, a thick lip, it’s shallow, adrenalin goes up…
I start to look at her, to understand how it works, where to go, and when to kick out.
First ride was really intense, lot of speed, an unpredictable wave, from deep to shallow in one second.
During 2 hours we will share the cake with Bruno, each one pushing the other, going further, deeper in the hole, taking more risk, one time we finish both by swimming behind our board at the same time.
The wave makes me think of Teahupoo, a large fast swell, which break on a reef, a hole or it is necessary to plunge inside, and to cling to my board and my kite!!!
Suddenly everything stops!!!!, in Brittany we have the biggest tide of the world and now the sea is too low, I had completely forgotten this major element…i was ready to play more.
We went back to the beach, all clean, smiling with all our white teeth outside.
We went to eat some typical Brittan food “Galette” with cider and After midday we went to another spot “the Dossen”, but the wind dropped!