EP 136: Maxime Huscenot - Goals for his rookie year on tour, The Billabong Pro Pipeline, His journey from World Junior Champion to CT surfer, Réunion Island stories, Representing France, and His life-changing qualification moment

In the first episode of 2023, Championship Tour rookie Maxime
Huscenot joins the podcast to discuss the upcoming season. He
describes the moment he was told that he qualified on the beach in
Hawaii, what making the tour means to him, and his thoughts on the
new three-tier qualifying system. He looks back on his long journey
to this huge moment, getting his start in surfing in Réunion Island
alongside Johanne Defay, training on the Gold Coast and signing
with Quiksilver, winning the World Junior Championship in 2009, and
then battling through the QS and Challenger Series to qualify. He
then looks forward to the 2023 CT season, his debut event at the
Billabong Pro Pipeline, training for Pipe in France and Spain’s
challenging heavy barrels, the events he’s looking forward to most,
representing France on tour, and his outlook and goals for his
rookie year.  Learn more about Maxime and follow him here.
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