Surfer, be your own champion

Surfer, be your own champion

Champion, where are you going? Sports coaches will rarely tell you that they loathe certain behaviours brought on by the competitive practice of their sport - behaviours of parents, aspiring athletes and accomplished sportsmen and women alike. Yet...

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Santa’s list

Santa’s list

Santa's list Give a Hawaiian-Chinese Christmas gift with Ki Surf School! Gift vouchers with a difference We offer Gift Vouchers that can be booked and downloaded online: give your loved ones a surfing or tai chi chuan course or both. Can be...

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Garbage skateboarding, the new trend in Hossegor?

Garbage skateboarding, the new trend in Hossegor?

"Laird Hamilton has a blast in Hawaii, a trend is born in Hossegor", JP Arnaud. When Hawaii inspires the Landes In the same way that Laird Hamilton's experiments in Hawaii have been duplicated in Hossegor - stand-up paddle, foil, electric skates...

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What is taichi?

What is taichi?

What is taichi chuan? We sometimes read publications that claim to clarify what taichi chuan is or is not. If there were a single definition of what this discipline is, it would be a great help to the teachers who promote it to the public. The many...

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Saison surf & taichi 2024

Quelques images emblématiques de la saison surf et taichi 2024 avec Ki Surf School sur les plages et coins de nature de Seignosse, Hossegor et Capbreton.

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Secret spots in the Landes… and elsewhere

Secret spots in the Landes… and elsewhere

Charter for the preservation of wild waves "Wild Wave Preservation Charter" is the title I had in mind at first, but it's less catchy! Let's be honest, I've only just invented this charter, but that's how all the ideas and beginnings of concerted...

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Laird Badminton

Laird Badminton

Interview with Laird Badminton in Hossegor Our Pub Ouest journalist, Régis Braltar, met Laird Badminton when he came to Hossegor for the Nesquicksilver Revival Contest. Here's the interview report: A visit under the sign of sponsorship Régis...

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The oar

The oar

To learn to row, you have to row It may sound like a truism, but it's impossible to improve your paddling other than by rowing. Swimming just isn't enough, because the surfboard position calls on other muscle chains than the crawl. Stroller...

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Are surfers green?

Are surfers green?

Hodgepodge versus reality A few years ago, a magazine dedicated to ecology contacted me by phone, in my capacity as president of Eco-Safe Surfing, a group of surf schools with an eco-responsible approach. The question was: "In the wake of the Covid...

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Boyfriend syndrome

Boyfriend syndrome

Offers of surf lessons for girls, supervised by an instructor, are all the rage. There's probably a sociological explanation for this, but I'm going to look at another explanation, which has to do with boyfriend syndrome. Definition Surfing is...

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Stage avec Cyrille Favriou

Stage animé par Cyrille Favriou, intitulé “Corps, souffle, esprit : explorer la notion d’énergie interne”, à Seignosse les 13 et 14 janvier 2023.

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Surfing or the art of dodging

Surfing or the art of dodging

The art of dodging, from surfing to martial arts Once again, I'd like to draw a parallel between surfing and martial arts such as aikido or tai chi chuan. We find the same approach to objectives, which is not frontal but takes circuitous routes,...

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Learn to longboard

Learn to longboard

Learning to longboard Eric, I want to learn to longboard. Okay, but... This "but" is important to ensure that both the student and the coach don't waste their time. First of all, I think it's important to ask the student about his or her reasons...

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Seignosse, the dog beach

Seignosse, the dog beach

Dogs walking their owners How pleasant it is to watch these dogs walking their masters on our Seignosse beaches. This phenomenon became even more pronounced during the covid, when a walk with a dog allowed homosapiens to legally go frolicking in...

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Seignosse surf 2023

Seignosse surf 2023

I am a wild beach in Seignosse Where to start? I suggest letting the beach speak for itself. I'm a wild beach in Seignosse that's suffering the effects of global warming and human experimentation. Rising temperatures, wave-free weeks in May, new...

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Taichi for better surfing

Taichi for better surfing

Ki Surf Coaching Under this name, which refers to the notion of Chi, Ki or Qi, meaning "energy or circulation of breath" in Asia, I wanted to demonstrate the complementary nature of surfing and tai chi chuan. On the surface, there's nothing to...

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Buoyancy index

Buoyancy index

Buoyancy A person's buoyancy index is not proportional to his or her weight, and other additional parameters need to be taken into account. For simplicity's sake, we'll start with a person without a surfboard. A 90 kg person, for example, will...

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