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August 2015

Flavien Neyertz

  • Surfeur nouvelle vague

 

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He is a world pioneer of jetsurfing. At just 23, the sport's double world champion is as at ease on his moto­rised surfboard as he is in his business suit, dividing his time between training and growing his company. Luxury Water Toys is established in St Martin, St Barts, Ibiza and London (Harrods) and has now opened a 180m² showroom in the heart of Monaco – a fantastic showcase for seabobs, jetsurfs and other ultra-trendy water toys. This adrenaline junkie has no equal in hunting out ways to entertain yacht owners: "From motocross to wakeboarding to stand-up
jet skiing, I tried every­thing before disco­ver­ing jetsurfing some­what by chance. The man who invented it is Martin Sula, a windsurf-loving Formula 1 engineer who had the idea when he wanted to practise his favourite sport on a lake and there wasn’t any wind. Working in motorsports, he attached a go-kart engine to his board and the jetsurf was born. He saw it as simply a garage project so it took me two years to convince him to take the plunge and commercialise it." Today, sports celebrities such as Kai Lenny and Sébastien Loeb can be seen jetsurfing on the world’s most stunning beaches. Neyertz's obstinacy has paid off.

 

Monaco,
29 boulevard Rainier III
Tél. 06 18 93 07 57

By Marjorie Modi

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