George Dimou - Kitesurf Instructor
- Name. George Dimou
- Age. 49
- Years kitesurfing. 11 years of kite surfing.
- Years teaching kitesurfing. 8 years of official teaching (one unofficial).
- What do you love about teaching?. I love the most to inspire the students and watching them become addicted to kite surfing and the beach life.
- What do you feel positive about in 2019? In 2019 I'm excited about the new technological discoveries about the sea for environmental protection and also the rapid growth of the sport of kitesurfing.
- What do you do when you aren't teaching kitesurfing? Surfing, riding my motorcycle,skate,or just cruising at Hyde park with the Xiaomi electric scooter.
- Where are you from originally? Athens, Greece
- Where is your favourite kite spot and why? Schinias, Athens, Greece, big jumps, wave sessions, huge playground,awesome sunsets, absolute sense of freedom.
- What is your favourite food? Italian pasta, carbonara 😁
Christine Johnston - Kitesurf and SUP Instructor and Owner
- Name. Christine Johnston
- Age. 44
- Years kitesurfing. At least 10
- Years teaching kitesurfing. Since 2012.
- What do you love about teaching?. I love seeing students progress and the buzz they get from learning kitesurfing and especially when they go along on the board for a little bit for the first time :)
- What do you feel positive about in 2019? My relationship with my amazing partner Seda who loves and supports me in everything that I do
- What do you do when you aren't teaching kitesurfing? Rest!
- Where are you from originally? My parents would say Scottish, as they are Scottish, but I was born in England and brought up in Whitchurch in Hampshire.
- Where is your favourite kite spot and why? I'd have to say my home spot of Worthing, we just have fantastic conditions here, especially in the summer with the amazingly consistent afternoon sea breezes
- What is your favourite food? That's a difficult question cause I love all sorts of different food! Currently my favourite food is ice cream :)
Camilla Todd - Marketing Consultant and SUP Instructor
- Name. Camilla Todd
- Age. 38
- Years marketing and doing SUP. Marketing - 15 years and doing SUP - 5 years
- Years consulting for marketing and teaching SUP. Years consulting for marketing - 5 years and teaching SUP - 6 months
- What do you love about consulting and teaching?. I love being able to share my learnings and seeing others grow right before my eyes!
- What do you feel positive about in 2019? Although I’m saddened about the plastic pollution situation and our waterways I find strength and hope in just how much local communities are doing to work together to fight it, just goes to show what an impact we can all have.
- What do you do when you aren't consulting or teaching SUP? SUP adventuring! I’m working on developing SUP holidays and SUP life coaching retreats in UK & Europe...watch this space!
- Where are you from originally? Portsmouth & a little town in Norway called Ålesund
- Where is your favourite SUP spot and why? Lovatnet Lake in Norway - it’s glacier aqua green, there are no people or tourists just water, mountains, waterfalls, stony beaches, trees, birds, fish and me 🙂
- What is your favourite food? Yikes! Erm I guess it’d have to be an Argentinian steak with roasted new potatoes and a yummy sauce, mmmmm