Maxime zoom out, Dunkirk, 24, engineer and kitesurfer, markets for some days a reflective vest of "buoyancy aid" innovative, especially suited to the practice of nautical sports.
Windsurfer or kitesurfer what has not found one day "in the galley," due to damage? Maxime zoom out, kitesurfer Dunkirk, 24, has used his personal experience to start a business: "I had an accident, three years ago. A line kite dropped my left wing and I had to abandon my hardware and does 100 meter swim. "
Nothing serious that day for that big guy of almost 2 meters, graduated from Ensait (ENSAIT) Roubaix, but awareness emerges: "I had the the idea of creating a buoyancy aid vest, "says the young entrepreneur, who installed his company Hegoa in the premises of the companies hive of Saint-Pol-sur-Mer.
There are already lifejackets used by, among others, novice kitesurfers. "We must be frank, among confirmed, we are 80 or even 90% to not put vest. It just gives a beginner's image, it is bulky and usually, that night at the clothing style that we try to have: beautiful t-shirts, nice shorts ... justifies the contractor. And the higher you go, the more you become, the higher the risks are great. "But the idea of Maxime Zoom out falls within the invention: the Xtreme Rescue 50 (model name) has the distinction of being very small. Folded, it fits in a velcro pocket that hides without difficulty ventrally behind the harness kitesurfer. "It was necessary that it can fit on a piece of equipment that all kitesurfers have, Maxime continued zoom out. And we took the opportunity to make it universal. It fits on all harnesses models. "Within seconds, the kitesurfer in distress unfolds the vest, yellow with reflective tape and inflated by hitting a small cartridge of 24 grams of gas.
The safety vest, marketed for Christmas at a price of € 155, is a product made in France. "And even 100% in the North! The yellow part is assembled in Tourcoing and the black part in Comines (France).
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