President: Alex Parker
Age: 21
Years kiting: Two and a bit
Riding style: You won’t find that here.
Current Location: London/M3/Southampton.
Favourite spot: In the UK? I’m not allowed to say. People will hurt me. Abroad? Ria de Alvor, Portugal.
Favourite conditions: Butter flat, 20 knots, on my 10. A bit of sun would be nice too… Oh, and chuck in some friends as well.
Favourite Beverage: Spirits only end badly. Everyone knows that. Post session? Beer with bits in. Pre Session? Liquid energy.
Best get stoked song: Too many to choose just one. So here are a few; Recapturing the Vibe- Hilltop Hoods. Just One Second- London Elektricity. Strobe- Deadmau5. I think I Like it- Fake Blood.
Which uni do you go to: Right down south where the weather’s warm and the wind blows constant. Southampton.
Don’t let the good looks, the big blue eyes or the floppy hair deceive you, Parker will not be the lady on the beach taking photos. Oh no, he’s tried to forget those days, the days when 15kts was too windy, a 2ft swell echoed ‘30sec hold down!!’ in his ears and almost anything was a better way of having fun than body dragging in the Solent. No, Alex is a new man now. He’s even been spotted hitting rails in boots and pullin’ some rather legit’ lookin’ raleys… who’da thought?
Working hard last year as co-Pres of Southampton uni’s kite club, Parks now has his sights firmly set on ushering in a new era of student kitesurfing. A bigger and better era, an era of massive events and huge parties. Under his command, the beaches of the UK are set to be the stage for some of the best student kitesurfing action ever seen. Watch this space…
