{"id":2497,"date":"2018-11-25T14:16:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-25T13:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xionpg.com\/?page_id=2497"},"modified":"2020-12-22T07:11:33","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T06:11:33","slug":"paul-de-groot","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.xionpg.com\/xioneers\/paul-de-groot\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul de Groot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1059548439\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <div class=\"bg fill bg-fill \"><\/div>\n                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1059548439 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n}\n#banner-1059548439 .bg.bg-loaded {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/www.xionpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Paul-de-Groot07.jpg);\n}\n#banner-1059548439 .bg {\n  background-position: 34% 32%;\n}\n#banner-1059548439 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#banner-1059548439 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-925642320\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-125146530\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1440470051\">\n\t\t<a class=\"image-lightbox lightbox-gallery\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xionpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PDG11-1067x800.jpg\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.xionpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PDG11-1067x800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.xionpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PDG11-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/www.xionpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PDG11-533x400.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.xionpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PDG11-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.xionpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PDG11-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.xionpg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/PDG11.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1440470051 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1811414867\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" style=\"margin-bottom:0px;\"><h1 class=\"section-title section-title-normal\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" style=\"color:rgb(249, 56, 34);\">PAUL DE GROOT<\/span><b><\/b><\/h1><\/div>\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\"><strong>PROFESSION:<\/strong><\/span> <br \/>PROFESSIONAL FREESKIER<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\"><strong>CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:<\/strong><\/span> <br \/>1st in the Dutch freeride championship 2014, 2015 and in the Poederbaas freeride comp. (benelux). Ranked 7th &#8211; Roldal Freeride FWQ4* in the Freeride World Qualifier Tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 115%;\">LINKS:<\/span> <\/strong> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pauldegrootfreeskier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">INSTAGRAM<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/pauldegroot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VIMEO<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/cloud9travel.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WEBSITE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<style>\n#row-925642320 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 30px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-17297809\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1302114454\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"is-border\"\n\t\tstyle=\"border-width:0 0px 0px 0px;margin:0 0px 0px 0px;\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  \n    <div class=\"row  lightbox-multi-gallery 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class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 data-line-height=\"s\"><span data-text-color=\"primary\">BIOGRAPHY<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;max-width:40px;\"><\/div>\n\n<p data-line-height=\"l\">I\u2019ve been skiing for as long as I can remember. In my childhood the skiing holidays were always my favorite, now it\u2019s my life and my passion.<\/p>\n<p data-line-height=\"l\">During several courses in sports and wintersports, my vision on the mountains became much clearer. The focus moved to the ungroomed part of the mountain. The more knowledge and experience I gathered, the more accessible it became. From here an untamable urge grew on me, to climb and descent remote mountains and to push myself to the top of my game.<\/p>\n<p data-line-height=\"l\">The last couple of years I\u2019ve lived as a nomad travelling through the Alps looking for \u201cthe unknown\u201d and skiing big steep mountains. Entering freeride competitions opened my eyes, I was able to measure myself with the best freeriders of the world who showed me unlimited possibilities of freeriding.<\/p>\n<p data-line-height=\"l\">My goals are to keep progressing, achieve better results during the FWQ and ultimately qualify for the freeride world tour as the first male skier out of the lowlands. Meanwhile I will work on several refreshing projects and expeditions to explore new terrain and try different angles of freeriding.<\/p>\n<p data-line-height=\"l\">My dream is to inspire other people to do what they love to do. I love to go out and tread my own path and push different boundaries. But also to grow the freeride-snow-sport in the Benelux. Progress every day and to keep having as much fun as i have right now being in the mountains.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-line-height=\"l\">&#8220;<em>Crashes are inevitable in my line of sport, and walking away from a crash unharmed is not always the case. XION PG already protects me for years and prevents serious injuries to my body. 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