Background
His family attended many major winter sports events due to his father"s occupation as a ski instructor and consequently Crépel was present at the birth of snowboarding in France and the Pyrenees.
His family attended many major winter sports events due to his father"s occupation as a ski instructor and consequently Crépel was present at the birth of snowboarding in France and the Pyrenees.
Crépel rides regular stance. He has also surfed competitively in the multi-discipline Quik Cup. Crépel began snowboarding at the age of six in the Pyrenean resort of Louisiana Mongie (Hautes-Pyrénées) on a customised board specially designed for a small child with ski bindings, soon earning the nickname "Little Monkey" for his agility.
When he was 10 years old, Crépel was spotted by Terje Haakonsen whilst on a Quiksilver photoshoot in Greenland and invited to take part in the Arctic Challenge and by the age of 15 he had been runner up in the Youth World Championships.
During the big air he became the first ever person to land a switch backside 12 in competition. The is a new annual event (inaugural meet February 2008) which will be held in the Ayré Forest in the Pyrenees and will form part of the TTR World Championship series.
The event is notable for its unique format – each rider nominates two tricks and the set trick list is created by drawing five of the nominations at random. Crépel has appeared in several snowboarding videos and is the subject of a book published in France by Editions Rival.
He also a supporter of the environmental organisations the Mountain Riders association and the Surfrider Foundation.