When people ask me what my favourite place in the world is, I always answer: ‘Underwater, at least 10 metres deep.’ If you have to hold your breath for a long time, you go into a kind of trance, it’s an indescribable feeling. This is why I love freediving.
I grew up by the sea in the north of Tunisia, and it was natural for me to see and hear the sea all the time.
This is linked to the question of my childhood heroes: I was always surrounded by strong women, but my biggest heroine is my grandma. Imagine the coolest grandma ever … My grandma is even cooler! She is truly inspiring! She took me on her sailing boat countless times as a child, she’s over 80 and still sailing!
– Nouri Chamari
© Noureddine Chamari
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Only the best for your birthday, dear Nouri! May the next year of your life be the most beautiful sailing trip you can imagine, may your path lead you to your awesome grandma, underwater in a trance … and with us in front of the camera, in the most exciting roles, where you absolutely belong!!!
