Jeremie Tronet

It’s been a long journey. These are some of the key moments of how I got into kitesurfing and a few of the things that marked my kitesurfing journey.

That last hurricane definitely took a toll on the whole story. When everything is at the top, it’s hard getting thrown back to the bottom and seeing some sponsors or investors not supporting you and instead using it as an opportunity to make extra $$. It’s a rough world out there. At least I’m glad .kiteboarding is still fully supportive!

Spending the first few months only helping the island took a big toll on me. I lost my kite center and my home in the process, had no insurance due to some valid reasons, and received zero help from the government (which I didn’t try to get). But when everything is over, that’s when you truly see who your real friends are and who is trying to take advantage of the situation, with people trying to get richer from it or even trying to steal our position or our business.

It’s been a tough time, but it also taught me a lot about people and about myself.

At the same time, we’ve started finding new ways to keep sharing the dream. The new villa project on Union Island has actually been a success this season, and it’s been amazing seeing guests still coming back to support us and the island despite everything that happened.

We are still waiting for the new investors and landowners from the old kite center location to allow us to rebuild properly and hopefully bring the JT Pro Center back to what it once was, and even better.

Not all is lost. We are slowly rebuilding, adapting, and moving forward again.