My name is Núria Gomà, I'm 30 years old, I work in a bank and my big passion is Kitesurfing. I currently spend all the daylight hours working. Fortunately in a few weeks my life is going to turn 180º into a new life.
It took me a few months and a lot of self-confidence to take this decision and I know it's not going to be easy, but at last I'll be able to live the life I want to!! Once someone told me "work to live, don't live just to work" and that's what I'm gonna do!
You’ll probably be wondering what this radical change is, right?!! Well, I'm going to take a 3 year break from my work and focus on kitesurfing.
I know many of you think I must be crazy (you already told me that!! haha) leaving a good job, a stable life to chase a dream I don't even know will come true (to become a professional kiteboarder) but at least I could say "I gave it my best shot!". There are two sayings that I believe are very wise: "Carpe Diem" because life passes so quickly, and "Never regret what you did, regret what you didn't do".
I think I can't complain about how things are going up until now. In the Spanish Championship last July in Lanzarote I came 2nd in the Overall. Most recently, at the beginning of October, in the KPWT (Kite Pro World Tour) in Dakhla (Morocco) I came 3rd in Course Racing, 3rd in Waves Master and 5th in Freestyle. Those were awesome results for me!! In the last competition I took part in "King of the Sea", an international racing contest in Canoa Quebrada, I came also 3rd.
I'd like to thank my sponsors for helping me since the very beginning (Liquid Force, Flyworks,Teva, SkullCandy, Rip Curl and also recently I joined the Oakley team!) and I want to give special thanks to my boyfriend David, he's the best "caddy" ever and couldn't go through this new life without him!!
If you'd like to follow this adventure with me, you can check my web page www.nuriagoma.com where I’ll update all the news in my blog.
I hope from now on I will be able to introduce myself like this:
My name is Núria, I’m 30 and I dedicate all the daylight hours to my passion: Kitesurf!!
