CURRENT MISSION

Challenging new job

ABOUT ME

I'm 27 at the moment. I grew up in a small town in the south west of France, facing the atlantic ocean with the Pyrénées moutains and Spain near by.

It's a really cool place to party, chill, surf, fishing, moutain bike , etc .... it's sometimes called the french california because of the lifestyle.

I was student at Bordeaux university for 4 years and then I've been studying and living in UK for three years (Preston, Birmingham & Swansea).

Have been made redundant because of the economic downturn like too many other people up there... It's mainly because of this that I'm going to travel for a while.

I have been travelling quite a lot since I'm 16 for different reasons and i think that I can adapt myself in a lot of different situations and places. I'm a curious guy so I enjoy to discuss with different people, try new food, or just experience a different lifestyle ...

PHILOSOPHY

I live my life to be happy, I believe that the most important in life is not the material but the people (friends, family, love ...). I always give my best for things I believe in, I try to not have regrets. Of course we all need to make money to eat and have a roof on top of our heads, but I think that who you are is more important that what you have...

I'm pretty concerned about environmental issues and capitalism excesses but at the same time I'm going to be travelling with planes for fun which is quite self centred regarding all the issues on earth (environment, starvation, ...). So it's a bit contradicting isn't it ?

Anyway I think that couch surfing is a great way to travel, matching my philosophy and I hope that I will be able to host couch surfers soon .

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I started as a surfer and now that I don't travel as much I just enjoy having couch surfers !

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My first experience was in Taipei as couchsurfer, I had a great time ! since I have been on and off but I would like to host more surfers now that I have a decent place.

Interests

Surf, aventure, shape surfboards, music, reading, engineering, travels, food, cycling, sports in general, masonry work, Party, BBQ, wild camping,...

• wildlife
• diy
• environment
• dining
• cooking
• bbq
• partying
• boating
• reading
• traveling
• woodworking
• music
• cycling
• fishing
• camping
• surfing
• sports
• engineering
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies : Darjeeling limited, Life aquatic, Lost in translation, Pulp fiction, Step brothers, Endless summer, Into the wild, Forrest Gump, There will be blood, Gran Torino, Match point, Let's make money, Dodge ball, No country for old men, Little miss sunshine, Truman Capote,...

Books : Into the wild, La possibilité d'une île, The world according to garp, Hotel new hampshire, Wilt,The curious incident of the dog in the night time, Cul de sac, Rising Powers Shrinking Planet,...

music : outkast, lupe fiasco, eminem, The roots, the streets, some french rap, Aretha Franklin, De la soul, The hives, Stephen Marley, Bashung, Brassens, Gainsbourg, nino ferrer, beattles, brother ali, sage francis, stevie wonder, chick corea, louis amstrong, Gossip, bumcello, émilie simon, The game, Cake, Kanye west (except last album;) ), seu george, the knux, ....

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Travel 1200 km from Birmingham to Thurso cycling towing a 18 kg trailer and a surfboard with a £5/day budget. Great experience with a great friend. It was long, rainy, painful, cold but really rewarding with beautiful landscapes, wildlife, people and surf.

Teach, Learn, Share

Teach : material engineering, maths, composite materials engineering,woodworking, french, surf, shape surfboards, a bit of masonry, some mechanic, few french dishes

learn : more masonry, all kind of DIY, boat building, more surfcraft skills, new food to cook

share : surf, travel experiences, english, work experience, contacts, sports, trekking

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, China, Cuba, Indonesia, Italy, Sri Lanka

Countries I’ve Lived In

France

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