This is why today we present to you the young association Ride Spirit Attitude! ## V1 ##
Do you want to know more? Vittorio Mouret, the president of the Asso, agreed to answer some of our questions!
YUMPING FRANCE-When and how was the Ride Spirit Attitude association born and how many members does it have today?
Vittorio Mouret - The association was born in 2010, starting from a desire to democratize sliding sports, make people want to practice them and help high -level athletes be recognized by the general public. Today, there are around thirty members, and we hope that this figure will grow quickly.
y.f. - What are the sports practiced within your association?
v.m. - the list is long !!! No more seriously our wish is to be able to create a real community around board sports, our objective is therefore to be able to integrate "all" sports within the association. Currently, we have ski , Snowboard and snowscoot for winter sports, Surf , Windsurf, Sup , skateboarding and mountain biking, for summer sports. These sports each bring together several disciplines of freeride, freestyle, etc.
y.f. - What is your favorite sport? Do you have a few anecdotes to tell us?
v.m. - well ... to tell all of them ... no obviously, I cannot practice everything, it represents a certain budget. Since I have been Young, I practice skiing in leisure, then for a few years, I have started mountain biking, to complete my predilection sport in summer. On the other hand, as soon as I have the opportunity, I try to practice the sports that we represent !!! Always keep the attitude fishing, and the spirit of the wrinkle !!!! For anecdotes, there is nothing specific, let's say that I had the chance to meet good times. If an anecdote comes to my mind ... When I was still a rescuer trainee in Tignes, we went skiing with a friend, then he challenged me: jumping from a cornice, not huge, just 1 , 50 m. I hesitated. It impressed me the reception, the slope, all that. Thereafter, I told him that I was giving up, and there he put a tape in my back, it unbalanced me and I jumped. I replaced well and I chained the turns behind ... Afterwards, I wanted him a half second so I was happy to have done that ... to "get out my fingers" as they say in the middle .
Photo Andy Parant y.f. - Who can join the association?
v.m. - Everyone! Bliding sports enthusiasts, practitioners or non-practitioners, initiated or uninitiated. The association is there to introduce slides and leading people to practice. So, we are really open to the greatest number whether it is to share your passion or simply discover it.
y.f. - What are the values you represent?
v.m. - The main values we carry are multiple, so that everyone will find their account, but I will say that our strongest values are: respect, solidarity, confidence, commitment, passion and freedom . Whether towards us, our environment or our neighbor. Our value is also to instill all this to the people who join us. And as our name suggests, we always try to keep a good state of mind and a good attitude. We have to show an example.
y.f. - You are on Grenoble. Blising sports is moving well in the region?
V.M. - it moves a lot, there is a large community of riders and stations that move to Around, Isère, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, or even the Hautes-Alpes with a little more distance ... In short, the best mountain spots are within reach !!!
Photo Andy Parant y.f. - Both in terms of members and events, including the professionals you meet, what is the scope of Ride Spirit Attitude? Do you rather work in your city? In your region? At the national level? Even more? v.m. - at present, we are working on the national level (southern half, we will say) simply because our members are distributed in this part of the territory. And then we have so many sports to represent, with so many different horizons (mountain, sea, urban) that we are forced to extend to the territory ... It does not seem to me that we can still surf in Isère ... on the other hand , in the Mediterranean yes, but I would tell you more useful to you ...
Then Ride Spirit Attitude is a still young association. There is a strong craze around the association ... Certainly potential members do not push themselves to the gate to join, but I think people are waiting for us to know each other before getting started. In any case, many adhere to the project and support us, even people known in the community, such as Andy Parant, professional photographer. Or Enak Gavaggio, well known in the middle of Freeride ski and ski cross.
Photo Andy Parant y.f. - As part of board sports, we are often dealing with a very strong community. Is it difficult to integrate into it, when you are a beginner or when you want to embark on the adventure?
v.m. - Many think that it is difficult to integrate into this community, that practitioners are part of a "sect" (words that I have heard when I talk about the association). It is true that each discipline has its codes, its values, its reasons for being ... But our work is precisely to show that this community is not withdrawn on itself, and is ready to open (if we can To say) Our riders are delighted to be able to share their experiences and their sport. This is our raison d'être. On the other hand, we want to master this opening, our greatest fear is to bring the public to practice, without empowering. Because, to exist and persist in the community, there are rules to respect, safety rules above all!
y.f. - What is the project accomplished by Ride Spirit Attitude of which you are most proud?
v.m. - arouse interest !! The association is still young for having been able to draw up a real assessment again! Suddenly, we have not yet made many events, we will say that the event of which we are most proud is a student event in which we participated: the Idrac Show, where we were main partners. />
y.f. - What are the next events organized by Ride Spirit Attitude, your projects for the future?
v.m. - We are currently in negotiations on a lot of various and varied projects, unfortunately, I cannot say more, because it remains at the negotiation stage and nothing is validated, but we hope it will succeed to something !!!! We will keep you posted!
y.f. - Thank you Vittorio! And good luck to the whole team!
In the meantime, do not hesitate to practice an outdoor sport near you!
