At 19, Camille Losserand is already one of the world’s elite kitesurfers. Camille has talent in spades. In her exile in Tarifa, the woman from Lausanne has confirmed this by progressing at breakneck speed.
Text: Pauline Katz
Camille Losserand grew up in Lausanne and discovered kitesurfing by chance at the age of twelve. Since then, she has never let go of her kite, and now lives part of the year in Tarifa, where she trains and prepares for her A-levels by distance learning. Camille’s thing is strapless, pure freedom. On her surfboard, she performs a series of aerial tricks and rides the waves, when there are any. In the World Cup, Camille lines up with her board in big air and kitesurf, an event that often mixes surfing and freestyle. By becoming a professional kitesurfer, Camille proves that Switzerland has its place on the international scene. A success story which we hope will motivate other young Swiss talents.
Already world champion
When Camille tells us about her best memory of the year, she’s talking about the “Young Blood” training camp organized by her sponsor Duotone, and not even her victory at the Junior World Championships. Proof that Camille’s passion for kitesurfing is pure and simple, and that her victories are just the icing on the cake. But make no mistake about it, Camille is a competitive machine and one victory after another. This year, in addition to her Junior World Champion title, she is runner-up in the Pro Big Air World Championship. In addition to her two biggest successes, she has also won several Swiss and Spanish championships. And as kiteboarding is part of the Losserand family DNA, little sister Charlotte is already runner-up in Spain at just 15 years of age.
A tempting program
When Camille tells us about the next stage in her adventures, we’d love to get on board with her. First of all, she’ll be spending a month in Brazil, training in the waves in preparation for the last world stage of the year, to be held in Taiba at the end of November. No doubt the result will be there. Not surprisingly, and fortunately, Camille will be taking a sabbatical next year, once she has passed her baccalaureate. With the World Cup stages becoming more and more surf-oriented, she wants to train as much as possible in the waves. To this end, she is considering destinations that are already making us salivate, such as South Africa, Cape Verde and Mauritius. And while we’re on the subject of next year’s objectives, it seems that only first place is still of interest to our Swiss champion.