The Decorators Team Fliers
Philippe on Web
First kite for my thirteenth birthday.
Two days later, the drug is in me.
At 18, I have a car so I can go flying whenever I want.
In 1988, I tried a REV I imported from the USA. I said to myself 'yes, why not'
1989, my first REV II, new drug...
1996, the FLIC adventure begins. It will be nourished by dozens of festivals per year during which I had the immense
privilege of meeting and sharing time with several of my mentors, George Peters, Robert Trepanier, Peter Lynn, André
Cassagne, Gérard Clément, Yasu, etc., to share the field with legendary teams, Decorators, Overdrive, Flying Squad, etc.
This adventure will last until around 2015.
There was subsequently a period of doubt...
Even though I always practiced in groups, I didn't feel legitimate on my own at festivals. Then in 2018, there was the
Russian adventure. This was followed by my OFF participation in Dieppe 2018 where I realized that I could be alone at a
festival, that I still had things to do, to say or to show in this environment...
So I started doing red and black things.
Some think it's in homage to the Toulouse rugby club or to Jeanne Mas, a French singer from the 80's. And actually, no...
A few years ago, the Decorators did me great honour by opening their doors to me to do a few flights with them during the
festivals we have in common, an impossible offer to refuse...
At the same time, I take great care of the Black Sails and I continue to feed my imagination with red and black...
September 6th 2024
At kite events.
