Interview Iballa Ruano Moreno, Windsurf world champion

Iballa est une windsurfeuse canarienne qui voyage avec sa soeur sur le windsurf tour et elle a glané 4 titres de championne du monde! Elle pratique aussi le surf,SUP et skate! Une vraie waterwoman comme on les aime que vous allez pouvoir découvrir avec un interview exclusif!

When and where did you arrive on earth?

I arrived on earth together with my twin sister Daida on 1st december 1977

Cool! Concequently, December was a good month for you! Birthday and chrismast!!

When did you started windsurfing?

I didn’t start windsurfing until may 1995 also together with Daida

Where do you live exactly? Is it a good place to make windsurf?

I live in Gran Canaria-Canary Islands...Its a great place to windsurf, specially in the summer!! wind everyday.

I agree with you! Canary island is really a great place!I Love It!

You make competitions! What is your best results?

My best results is being world champion 4 times....And since we stared doing the whole tour, Daida won 17 times and me second most of times...SO a total of 21 world tittles!

21 titles in thsi pics!!
Not Bad!!Me I was one time Brittany champion in Slalom Skateboard!!

What is your biggest Wipe Out ?

I wipe out every day...when I try bug moves...Most of time i get bruises!

One morning, you wake up ,You arrive in your kitchen and suddenly,you see a genius in wetsuit! He say:” Hey Miss, I can offer you 2 magic gifts! What do you want?

To get a good sponsor to be able to do more things for the sport and be able to travel and have a decent future...and of course health for my family

Do you often ride skateboards?

Yes..I love it! since a kid. And now Roxy started making skate boards and gave us some...fun carving!! like surfing

 

Island Slalom Tour is a series of skateboarding contests on tiny french islands where nobody has ever skated! We are as Captain cook at Hawaii in 1600! Except we have now motor boats and concrete roads... What do you think about this?

Yes...must be just different!! i live in islands too but defenitly dont live like that....in the last 30 years I have seen big changes....

How would you define a good session ?

To be with my friends sailing in epic conditions for hours, eat, rest, and sail again until dark! and after a great dinner...this are my epic days!

What other sports do you partake in?

I do SUP as well and surfing...I will probably do national events this year.

Do you have sponsors?

Yes, otherwise I woulnt be able to travel!! Im sponsored by Roxy, Starboard, Severne, Baker & Mckenzie (law firm), Flying Objects (trael accesories and harnesses), and VW Comerciales . we also get some help from the goubverment ISLAS CANARIAS-Water Sports Scuderia.

If you were stranded on a desert island that already has a plentiful resource of windsurfing and sails what three things would you bring?

my friends!!

sun cream

water

Do you know pate henaff?

hehe  that food??

Yeah it is good pate form Brittany!

A last word?

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