My Story
- Marital status
- single
- Windsurfing since
- 1992
- JP since
- 1999
- Hobbies
- travelling, reading, swimming, diving, snowboarding, mountain biking, and etc. When it's not windy I like to practice any sport that keeps me fit and have fun at the same time
- Best day in my life
- Crete, August 2000, when I did my first aerial of the lip on a 3 m. on my island, at a secret spot that we recently found! Until then I thought moves like that were impossible in my island
- Best 'vacation'
- Cape Town South Africa, windsurfing - surfing all month with lots of friends and great parties at night. Best destination I have ever been so far!
- Favourite music
- Ethnic, Jazz, Rock
- Favourite book
- Sofia's world, by Jostein Gardner
- Favourite magazine
- WIND French windsurfing mag, science magazines
- Favourite car
- Any car I have that will get my equipment and me to the beach this day fast and safely
- Favourite spot(s)
- Eastern Crete/ Hellas , Sunset Beach/ Cape Town
- Preferred JP long board(s)
- Wave84
- Preferred JP short board(s)
- Wave 64, 69
- Personal 'madness' & 'obsessions'
- It is common among windsurfers: the thrill we feel every time we get to a beach with waves and wind. My mind and my dreams are full of loops and all kind on moves in the air and on the waves. If it is windy I want to sail. If I'm busy and the waves have a significant size then I'm depressed.
- Inspired by
- nature and its creator. Earth is a great place to live in!
- Highlights of my career
- 1997 got my degree of Surveying Engineer from the National Technical University of Athens.
- July 1999 Loutsa, 3rd in Greek Wave Tour
- 28th Oct. 1999, Mykonos, 2nd in Greek Wave Tour
- 17th July 2000, Nissakia - Loutsa, 2nd in Greek Wave Tour
- Sport targets
- learn how to Goiter and improve my wave 360's
- The future
- ride waves as much as possible and have a long windsurfing life
- Any thing else that you want the people to know about you:
- I wish these Olympic Games to give to all over the world the real spirit of Peace on Earth and unity of nations they first had in ancient Greece. I'm glad that windsurfing doesn't seem to be infected by doping like many other sports. Like many people in this world I'm against globalisation the way many multinational companies practise it. I believe each nation should keep it's own identity and individual culture. I hope earth will not become homogenous soup of anthropoids. I wish everybody a long windsurfing life.
