Foiling Magazine

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MICHEL, Congratulations on finishing last year with your qualification for the postponed Olympics! This must be an amazing time in your career…

Yeah, I’m super happy about making the Olympics! It’s a different goal that I set early last year and I’m really happy to reach that one.

When did you learn foiling, and what were your early foiling experiences like?

I started to learn foiling about a year and a half ago with my friends here in Tahiti – Ben Thouard actually, one of the most famous photographers in surfing who also took these shots. I learned behind his boat since he was already foiling. John John was already into it too and he told me that Tahiti was perfect for it, but I didn’t believe him! It seemed

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