Name:<\/strong> Paul Serin We are proud to introduce our latest team member, the 3x French kite champion, Paul Serin.<\/em><\/p>\n We checked in to hear how he got in to the sport and his road back to recovery after blowing up his knee after a big crash during the 2016 season finals.<\/em><\/p>\n I was born in a small city in the south of France near the sea, and when I was young I was going every weekend to the beach with my dad to watch him windsurf.<\/p>\n And now I\u2019ve been kitesurfing for 13 years with the same love for the sport with a little difference, that today this is my job as well!<\/p>\n What is it like travelling the world competing on the world tour?<\/strong><\/p>\n It has always been my dream to be on the road all the time, jumping from one plane to another, and crossing the world all year.<\/p>\n Yes, last year in December during the final of the 2016 season, I blew up my knee on a hard landing.<\/p>\n This is the most amazing sport I\u2019ve tried, when you\u2019re riding you feel the freedom and the adrenaline at the same time this is so unique.<\/p>\n It\u2019s a bit different this year with my injury, but I\u2019ll be back on the water full on beginning of June. Luckily I missed only one stop of the season, so I\u2019ll be back on the second one in July.<\/p>\n When I\u2019m training in Brazil or Sri lanka we\u2019re always looking for the best freestyle spot, we have to take our camera gear on our back to bring back some film for the sponsor…<\/p>\n …and I was looking for a perfect bag to keep my camera gear and even my drone dry during those session, I guess I just found it.<\/p>\n I took my Pro Drybag on my SUP to shoot some drone footage the other day.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/utv.subtechsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/TEAM-SUBTECH_Paul-Serin.png\")
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\nSport:<\/strong> Kitesurfing
\nNationality:<\/strong> French
\nTitles:<\/strong> 3x French Champion. World Top 6
\nAll images \u00a9 Paul Serin<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>How did you get in to kitesurfing?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>But when kitesurf came out he went to the shop and bought his first kite. After the first session he was totally hooked to this new sport!<\/p>\n<\/a>I had to wait to the age of 10 to learn as well, first with a really small trainer kite and a huge board, and slowly I started riding a real kite with a real board.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>I have to admit it\u2019s sometimes hard to be away from home and the people you love, but at the end in every country I find my little home that\u2019s the beauty of travelling.<\/p>\n<\/a>But I\u2019m really grateful to live this life and I\u2019ll never forget that.<\/p>\n<\/a>On the world tour we\u2019re like a big family, meeting each other on different spots all year, but once we\u2019re on the water we give our best.<\/p>\n<\/a>You recently had a pretty bad injury, tell us about your road back to recovery and what has kept you motivated to get back to being one of the world\u2019s best kitesurfers?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>At first I couldn\u2019t believe it and I kept saying to myself \u201cyou\u2019re fine, you\u2019re fine\u201d. I changed all my flights and went home as fast as I could. On the MRI we saw a broken cross ligament and some damage on the meniscus\u2026<\/p>\n<\/a>At this point I knew that I was really injured, I went straight into surgery and started the rehab right after.<\/p>\n<\/a>It was the worst Christmas ever, but I looked back on my season and all those years I\u2019ve been riding, and I start thinking what I\u2019ve done wrong.<\/p>\n<\/a>I was mostly laying down on my bed the first weeks so I watched a lot of videos from Lindsey Vonn the famous ski racer who\u2019s been through a lot of knee injuries, this helped me a lot to keep the motivation.<\/p>\n<\/a>And of course my family and friends were also behind me. It was my first injury, and I\u2019m sure it will help me a lot in my career. I\u2019ll be back stronger I\u2019m 100% sure.<\/p>\n<\/a>For all our followers that want to learn how to kite but haven\u2019t really got hooked yet. What would be your advice in order to get in to the sport?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>You can cruise, jump, spin, everything in one session and without any limit. The ocean is your playground and there isn\u2019t any limit.<\/p>\n<\/a>What are your goals for the rest of the season?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>I know that I won\u2019t be ready at 100% but I\u2019m doing my best every day to get one step closer at a time.<\/p>\n<\/a>What\u2019s your impression of our PRO DRYBAG 45L compared to other bags you have used?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>I wasn\u2019t even worried if it would fall down in the water, it\u2019s 100% waterproof \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/a>Follow Paul on his road back to recovery on his Instagram<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>and feel free to subscribe to our new YouTube channel- TEAM SUBTECH<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>where we will go hang out with Paul among other team riders in our upcoming episodes.<\/em><\/p>\n