Raised in Brittany, France, Kristen Pelou is a complet watersports and ocean addict. He studied physical oceanography but turned his back to a scientist carrier on his last year of PhD to become a full time surf photographer. He now shares his time between travels on the blue side of the planet and Paris where he lives and shoots architecture pictures for fashion brands.

press
ADAC reisemagazin (All) / Attitude (Fr) / Boards (UK) / Bodyboard mag (Fr) / Chicks' Power (Fr) / Free (All) / Freesail (Aus) / Girl Power (Fr) / Kite magazin (All) / Kiteboarder mag (Fr) / Kitesurf mag (Fr - UK) / Kiteworld (UK - US...) / Le Figaro (Fr) / Le Monde (Fr) / Le Journal du Médoc (Fr) / Le Télégramme (Fr) / Paris Match (Fr) / Paris-Normandie (Fr) / Pharma (Fr) / Planchemag (Fr) / Pornawak (Fr) / Revolt Média (Ita) / Stance (Fr - UK - US...) / Surfer Rule (Esp) / Surfers (All, UK, Fr) / Surfers (it) / Surf Europe (Euro) / Surf (All) / Surf (Hol) / Surf Session (Fr) / Surf A Vela (Esp) / Tripsurf (Fr) / Vsd Passion Glisse (Fr) / Vsd (Fr) / Wind (Fr) / Windsurfer (Fr) ...

publishing
Gwalarn - Kite & Windsurf en Bretagne (Coop Breizh ed., 2006) / Wave Trotter Morocco travel guide (Ed. Nofwap', 2006) / The Kite & Windsurfing Guide Europe (Stocked Publication - 2005) / Kornog - le surf en Bretagne (Coop Breizh ed., 2005) / Kitesurf de Marc Bory (Ed. Fitway Publishing, mai 2005) / Wave Trotter Bali travel guide (Ed. Nofwap', avril 2005) / The World Stormrider Guide II ( Lowpressure Ed. London, 2004) / Stromrider Europe III (Lowpressure Ed. London, 2001) Kornog - le surf en Bretagne (Coop Breizh ed., juin 2005) / Kitesurf de Marc Bory (Ed. Fitway Publishing, mai 2005) / Guide de voyages Wave Trotter Bali (Ed. Nofwap', avril 2005) / The World Stormrider Guide II" ( Lowpressure Ed. London, 2004) / Stromrider Europe III (Lowpressure Ed. London, 2001) ...

commercials
Alcatel / Antilles-Sails / Autre Mer Voyages / Bic Sport / Boards & More / Bouygues Télécom / CDT Finistère / Christian Dior Couture / CRT Bretagne / Dior Homme / Edgar Grospiron / Fédération des Industies Nautiques / Fun & Fly / Hi-Tech / Julbo / KanaBeach / Liquid Force / Natural Windsurfing / Ocean Surf Report / Naish / Nautisme en Bretagne / Nautix / Rip Curl / Smith / Sony Ericsson / Sooruz / Sports Away / The Phone House / Turquoise Surf Travel ...

trips

Brasil - 2003 Cabo Verde - 2004 Guadeloupe & les Saintes - 2001 Guadeloupe & Marie Galante - 2004 Spain : Andalousia - 2002-2003 Spain - Balearic Islands, Menorca - 2001 Spain - Canary Islands, Tenerife - 2001 Spain : Galicia - 1998 France : Bretagne

France : Bretagne Indonésie : Bali - 1998 - 2002 Irlande - 2000 Morocco - 1999, 2005 Portugal - 1998, 2005 Portugal : Açores, Sao Miguel - 2005 Dominican Republic - 2003 Senegal - 2005 Sri Lanka - 2006 UK : Cornwall- 1999

studies
1993 : Bac C (Rennes)
1998 : Maîtrise de Physique appliquée (Rennes)
1999 : DEA Océanologie-Météorologie-Environnement (Brest)
2000 : Chargé de Recherche en Océanographie Physique : "Devenir de l'Eau Profonde Nord Atlantique dans le modèle OPA global" - Laboratoire de Physique des Océans (Brest)
2001-2002 : PHD student in Physical Oceanography : "Numerical study of the Iroise sea" - LPO / UBO (Brest), DEL-AO / IFREMER (Brest)

kristen pelou professional watersports photographer, surf, kitesurf, windsurf, funboard, yachting, sailing, regatta, leisures activities, nautism, travel, adventure, outdoor activities, sea, ocean, digital photography... travel stories, text & pictures for the press, web, advertising & general illustration.

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