CAROLINE ANGIBAUD / ENGLISH VERSION

CAROLINE ANGIBAUD / 8 TIMES WORLD WAVESKI CHAMPION



PROFILE

Name: Caroline Angibaud
Age: 26
Address: Seignosse France
Occupation: Surfing and waveskiing teacher
Paddling since: 1996
Gear: Rotomod Waveski
Sponsors: Roxy, Rotomod
Sportive achievements: 8 times World Women Champion
Favourite break: Tanchet, Hossegor
Caroline on the web: http://www.mathieubabarit.com/ / http://www.octopusglisse.com/ / http://www.awwp.org/

SHORT & QUIK INTERVIEW

Hello Caroline! One more chat with kayaksurf.net. Let's start with your opinion about the Worlds in Australia...

That was a great event with big organization, we had good waves. The only negative thing was in the women draw in the semi final, we had to surf with all girls who where in the last world final (Coralie, Lisa and Melissa), that was a hard heat with no recap. I was very confident during heats but during the final we couldn't ear scores so I didn't know my final place... Then I was very happy! But also disappointed for Mathieu because he surfed very well in semis and in the final he had a great score but had to wait too long for the second good score...


And the Reunion contest…
We had very good swell and could show the best riders in the best waves. That was really impressive to watch guys in big waves. For the women event, the level was also very high and all girls trying to do their best in the powerful wave of St Pierre.

Your personal vision about the evolution of waveski…
That is motivating to watch new young riders as Zoe Schott or guys like Virgile Humbert, Arthur Schott. They all surf very well and push new moves. In my opinion, waveski will develop with quality events, with good riders and good waves! That's also great to watch new countries as Portugal to develop fast wave skiing!

How is waveski in France?
We have a lot of young riders all over the Atlantic coast and in the French island (Reunion, Guadeloupe...) and some in Mediterranean Sea also. In French contests, a lot of cadets and juniors succeed into reaching finals in open division. The future of the sport will kick out regular riders...

Personal objectives in the sport
I'd like to develop the World Waveski Tour with the AWWP.

Why don't we see more girls on kayaksurf and waveski scene?
I think we don't show a good image of the sport. We need to sell more “dream” and to try to follow the surfing scene instead of kayaking scene (who is not really glamour…). We also need more waveski specialized for girls. We need light and good shaped boards.

2011 Worlds in Portugal: personal opinion about this...
I'm really happy for Portugal but also really sad because I can't take part into the event. It will be in the middle of summer season and we have to work with our waveski school. This will be the first World Title where I won't take part since 1998, so I leave my title to someone… 2013 will be far so I don't know... I wish you all the best for this event.

About kayaksurf.net…
I like it. It has always great news and interviews so: go on!

Last words for all the women that want to start waveski…
Try with a board not too big! And find an easy beach not too crowed, it's also very important in my opinion to surf stand up surfing, bodyboarding etc to change the way you surf the wave with a waveski. You can also practise and improve in a waveski school off course lo learn basics or to train harder.

Merci Caroline! Let's see if you can be in Portugal 2011 ;)

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