SEYCHELLE 

ATHLETE • HEALER • COACH

Seychelle is a world class athlete, coach, and mom. A trailblazer, a rebel, a health nut, and a manifestness. She is a highly decorated standup paddle athlete, World Champion, endurance paddler, and Guinness World Record holder, A certified Nutrition Coach, Personal Trainer, Yoga Instructor, and licensed USCG Master. She coaches athletes to feel powerful, connected, and balanced in their paddle and life pursuits.

Seychelle was born and raised in the Florida Keys with a deep love for the ocean and travel. Competitive by nature, she never did what was expected of her and rarely did what she was told. Her journey to greatness has been nothing short of a rollercoaster as all great stories must be. In her programs she coaches women to increase their self-knowledge, intuition, self-care, and grace in their athletic journey.

Seychelle currently resides in Melbourne Beach with her Husband, son, and dog. She loves the ocean, the beach, being in nature, surfing, paddling, relaxing, preparing healthy food, nourishing her body, dancing, sunshine, learning, expanding, living her best life, and experiencing bliss.

"I believe that Life provides us with exactly the experiences we need to become the person we are meant to become, that everything happens for a reason, and that our greatest challenges are our greatest opportunities for growth. I believe that gratitude is the key to manifestation."

DAVID LEAO 

RACER • ATHLETE • OCEAN LOVER

Sports had always been a part of David Leao's DNA. At the age of three, David followed in his father and brother's footsteps and perused the sport of Judo, where his father was a master. This ultimately is where his competitive drive began.  

Born on the south coast of Bahia, Brazil, David spent much of his life on the island with his grandparents soaking up the culture surrounded by sea and nature. This is where David's passion for paddleboard racing was born

"Paddling for a better world"

LUDOVIC TEULADE

RACER • SURFER • COACH

Born in land-locked Paris, the French capital, Ludo was perhaps not destined to live on and from the ocean! With both his parents being sports teachers, Ludo had the chance to try various different activities, a lot of swimming, skiing and skateboarding, and a lot of traveling, especially to the Atlantic coast, to surf small waves and have fun in the shore-break! It was later on, staying at his grandfather’s in Marseille, that Ludo, along with his brother Jeremy (already a total windsurf addict !) first saw and discovered SUP. The brothers’ passion for their new shared activity grew fast, especially wave surfing and downwind.

It was a win-win situation, the boys loved the physical side of paddling and the unique sensation of gliding over the water on an SUP. The resulting endorphins made for an intoxicating cocktail!

"Enjoy the glide, train and believe in yourself !"

RYOHEI YOSHIDA

FATHER • PADDLER • ATHLETE

Ryohei Yoshida was born in Yamagata, Japan. His father is a restaurant owner, and his mother is a farmer. As a child, Ryohei loved baseball. After a shoulder injury during a high school game, he could no longer play, so he joined a surf lifesaving club and started paddling for rehabilitation.

"Stay Humble Hustle Hard"

RIKA OKUAKI

RACER  • SURFER • WATERWOMAN

Ever since she was a little girl, Rika has loved the ocean and dreamed of being a lifeguard. When she entered her university, she joined the lifesaver club, fulfilling her dream. After graduating from school, Rika moved to Zamami Island, where she worked as a SUP, kayak, snorkeling, and yoga instructor.

Rika fell in love with paddling after taking a paddleboard class at her home beach, which hosted the Kerama Blue Cup in 2017.

"No attack, no chance"

ETHAN BRY

ATLHETE  • STUDENT • WATERMAN

Ethan grew up and still lives on one of Brittany and France's most beautiful peninsulas, the Presqu'ile de Crozon. Its "cruciform" tip makes it a magnificent playground for expressing yourself on the water any and every way you want. Living so close to the sea, Ethan has become a true master of all. He's non-stop, changing sports for whatever the weather conditions may be. Surf, SUP foil, surf foil, prone, windsurf, wing foil, and a bit of Mountain Biking allows him to burn off energy. But it's Foil, SUP Race, and SUP Downwind where he best expresses himself.

“Being on the water makes me feel like my real self. It's the perfect wake-up every day. It's an addiction!”

"If you can dream it, you can do it!"

RASMUS SAYRE

ATLHETE • WATERMAN • SAILOR

Rasmus Sayre is a lifelong water sports athlete. A childhood spent living on the island of Martha’s Vineyard fueled a passion for being on the water. His parents, both former professional windsurfers, engrained in him a competitive racing spirit. Rasmus followed in his parents’ footsteps, racing windsurfers worldwide, along the way winning youth national and international championships.

“You have not won the race unless in doing so you have earned the respect of your competitors.”