Congratulations to Laurent Guyot for claiming victory at the World Snow Kite Masters and reclaiming the French snowkite snowboard freestyle title! At 42, Laurent proved age is just a number, landing big air and wakestyle tricks with power, style, and precision. Read all about it right here!

The World Snow Kite Masters is an annual freestyle and freerace snowkiting competition in the French Alps, also serving as the French snowkiting championship. I train consistently throughout the winter seasons to maintain my freestyle skills and continually strive to push my limits each year. Although I’m almost 42, I feel strong enough to continue my competitive career.

I appreciate the SKM competition because it is a pure freestyle event that combines big air and wakestyle tricks—this variety is my definition of freestyle. The Lautaret Pass is a world-class snowkite area surrounded by magnificent mountains, offering incredible possibilities for big air, wakestyle, and freeriding.

During the competition, I felt super relaxed and successfully landed all my big air and wakestyle tricks during my heats, showcasing power, height, style, variety, and kite control. The wind was blowing at around 20 knots, and I used the FLYSURFER SOUL3 in size 12m with 20m lines, which was the perfect setup for this wind range. 

I’m thrilled to have won the SnowKite Masters and the France Championship in the snowboard freestyle category for the second consecutive year. Constant training has paid off, and I’m ecstatic about my victory at the Snow Kite Masters snowboard freestyle 2025 and regaining the title of France snowkite snowboard freestyle champion. 

A big shout-out to all the riders involved in this competition! It’s exciting to see new generations of young kitesurfers coming in and boosting big tricks in snowkiting!

 

By Laurent Guyot

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